home is where the heart is

proverb

One's true home is where one feels happiest.

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Meanings

proverb
  1. One's true home is where one feels happiest.

    That which is to make home desirable does not abide in the parlor, the cellar, or the garret; it does not grow with the flowers of the garden, nor with the grass of the meadow, but is fitly expressed in the quaint old adage, "Home is where the heart is."

    1868, “Home”, in The Ladies' Repository, volume 28, page 107

Translations

Bulgarian домът е там, където е сърцето
  • домът е там, където е сърцето (domăt e tam, kădeto e sărceto)one's true home is where one feels happiest
Chinese Mandarin 此心安處是吾家 /此心安处是吾家
  • 此心安處是吾家 /此心安处是吾家one's true home is where one feels happiest
Dutch eigen haard is goud waard
  • eigen haard is goud waardone's true home is where one feels happiest
Finnish koti on siellä, missä sydän on, oma maa mansikka, muu maa mustikka
  • koti on siellä, missä sydän onone's true home is where one feels happiest
  • oma maa mansikka, muu maa mustikkaone's true home is where one feels happiest
German zu Hause ist wo dein Herz ist
  • zu Hause ist wo dein Herz istone's true home is where one feels happiest
Irish níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin
  • níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féinone's true home is where one feels happiest
Italian la casa è dove si trova il cuore
  • la casa è dove si trova il cuoreone's true home is where one feels happiest
Polish tam dom twój, gdzie serce twoje
  • tam dom twój, gdzie serce twojeone's true home is where one feels happiest
Spanish uno no es de donde nace, sino de donde pace
  • uno no es de donde nace, sino de donde paceone's true home is where one feels happiest
Cite this entry
APA

home is where the heart is. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/home%20is%20where%20the%20heart%20is

MLA

“home is where the heart is.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/home%20is%20where%20the%20heart%20is. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “home is where the heart is,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/home%20is%20where%20the%20heart%20is.

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