Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2012 June 24

= June 24 =

English word for a trip...
...for the purpose of visiting relatives in your country of origin, after already settling down in another country? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.255.1.40 (talk) 05:18, 24 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Maybe a return visit? --  ♬  Jack of Oz  ♬  [your turn]  05:32, 24 June 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm not really able to answer your question, but a term of reference that was in use by Americans for country of origin was "the old country". The sorts of "old countries" commonly referenced by this term of reference were I think generally in the vicinity of Europe. This is all anecdotal so please take with grain of salt. Bus stop (talk) 05:35, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I hear "go back home" sometimes. Adam Bishop (talk) 06:43, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Which, from that, homecoming would work.  --some jerk on the Internet    (talk)  12:42, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Except "homecoming" sometimes has the connotation that the return is a more permanent one, particularly in the context of a return from an extended period spent living somewhere else, or traveling. "A visit home" is the phrase I would choose to meet the OP's original context, though clearly not a single word. Snow (talk) 11:01, 1 July 2012 (UTC)


 * "Pilgrimage" comes to mind. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 23:10, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * There is no specific word. @OP: Do you speak a language that has a specific word for that occasion? Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 23:33, 24 June 2012 (UTC)