"home sweet home" meaning in English

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Phrase

IPA: /həʊm swiːt həʊm/ [UK], /hoʊm swiːt hoʊm/ [US] Audio: home sweet home US.ogg
enPR: hōm swēt hōm [UK], hōm swēt hōm [US] Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} home sweet home
  1. (idiomatic) One's home, especially a nice, comfortable home. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: Sweet Home [name, place] Translations (Nice, comfortable home): الْبَيْت السَّعِيد (al-bayt as-saʕīd) [masculine] (Arabic), llar, dolça llar (Catalan), hejmon, dolĉan hejmon (Esperanto), kodu armas kodu (Estonian), oma koti kullan kallis (Finnish), on est bien à la maison (French), qu’on est bien chez soi (French), trautes Heim [neuter] (German), σπίτι μου, σπιτάκι μου (spíti mou, spitáki mou) (Greek), otthon, édes otthon (Hungarian), rumahku surgaku (Indonesian), casa dolce casa (Italian), ホーム・スイート・ホーム (hōmu suīto hōmu) (Japanese), rumahku syurgaku (Malay), doo lá dóʼ shighan da (Navajo), lar, doce lar (Portuguese), дом, милый дом (dom, milyj dom) (Russian), ljubo doma, kdor ga ima (Slovene), hogar, dulce hogar (Spanish), hem, ljuva hem (Swedish)
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  2. (idiomatic) Expressing contentment or relief at residing in or returning to one's own home. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-home_sweet_home-en-phrase-VjeUu5gF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45

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