homecoming

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English hom-comyng, home komyng, home-cumyng, home-commynge, equivalent to home +‎ coming. Probably an alteration of earlier Middle English hom-come, homkome, hame-come, ham-cume, from Old English hāmcyme (“homecoming; return”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊmˌkʌmɪŋ/ === Noun === homecoming (plural homecomings) The act or event of returning home. (Canada, US, also attributive) In high schools and colleges, a tradition centered around a football game, a parade and the coronation of a Homecoming Queen. Synonym: hoco Ellipsis of harvest homecoming, a traditional (street) party and/or dance near the start of the school year, at around fall mid-terms. It traditionally marks the start of harvest break, where students go home in autumn to harvest the crops on the family farms. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === homecoming on Wikipedia.Wikipedia