The Book of Human Emotions: From Ambiguphobia to Umpty - 154 Words from Around the World for How We Feel - Tiffany Watt Smith 2016

Kaukokaipuu

Sometimes we feel homesick for a place, even though we’ve never been there. Sometimes we just want to be anywhere but here. From kauko—faraway, and kaipuu—a yearning, the Finns know the craving for a distant land as kaukokaipuu (pronounced ka-oo-ko-kye-poh).

See also: DISAPPEAR, the desire to; HOMESICKNESS; WANDERLUST.