homecoming

Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmˌkʌmɪŋ/

The English word “homecoming” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

The act or event of returning home.
In high schools and colleges, a tradition centered around a football game, a parade and the coronation of a Homecoming Queen.

Etymology

From Middle English hom-comyng, home komyng, home-cumyng, home-commynge, equivalent to home + coming. Probably an alteration of earlier Middle English hom-come, homkome, hame-come, ham-cume, from Old English hāmcyme (“homecoming; return”).

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