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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: souvenir 'to remember'

souvenir

 noun
     
souvenir
sou‧ve‧nir [countable]
DL an object that you buy or keep to remind yourself of a special occasion or a place you have visited [= memento]
souvenir of
I bought a model of the Eiffel Tower as a souvenir of Paris.
souvenir from
a souvenir programme from the Gala Concert
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