"home is where the heart is" meaning in English

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Proverb

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  1. One's true home is where one feels happiest. Related terms: a house is not a home, home away from home, it takes a heap of living to make a house a home Translations (One's true home is where one feels happiest): 此心安處是吾家 (Chinese Mandarin), 此心安处是吾家 (Chinese Mandarin), eigen haard is goud waard (Dutch), koti on siellä, missä sydän on (Finnish), oma maa mansikka, muu maa mustikka (Finnish), zu Hause ist wo dein Herz ist (German), níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin (Irish), la casa è dove si trova il cuore (Italian), tam dom twój, gdzie serce twoje (Polish), uno no es de donde nace, sino de donde pace (Spanish)
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