memorabilia

Meaning

1. (plural, plural-normally) Objects that are connected to or remind their owner of past events.
2. (archaic, plural, plural-normally) Things worth remembering: noteworthy points.

Synonyms

scrapbook

library

memoir

notebook

📓

portfolio

Translations

المخلفّات التذكارية

records

Denkwürdigkeiten

lembrança

recordação

böyle şeylerin kaydı

hatırlanmaya değer şeyler

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin memorābilia (“things to be remembered”), use as noun after Ancient Greek ἀπομνημονεύματα (apomnēmoneúmata) of the neuter plural of memorābilis (“memorable”). English use is perhaps after the Latin title Memorabilia of Xenophon’s collection of Socratic dialogues.