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memento.

A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.

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Meaning & usage

noun/məˈmɛntoʊ/
  1. A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.

    I kept the shell as a memento of my visit to the seashore.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin mementō (“remember”), imperative form of meminī (“to remember”).

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