querencia /kɛˈɹɛnsɪə/ noun2 •The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand.The wolf paced and circled limping on three legs and then crouched by the iron stake where it seemed she’d made her querencia. — 1994 •homesickness, nostalgia“We’ve lived there so long because of our querencia,” said Ms. Garcia, a term she defined as “a cultural longing, a pull, that keeps us there.” — 2022 formsquerencias
