homecoming

English

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”).

homecoming (plural homecomings)

The act or event of returning home.
His homecoming was saddened by the news of his mother's death the day before.
(Canada, US, also attributive) In colleges and high schools, a tradition centred around a football game, a parade and the "coronation" of a Homecoming Queen.
Synonym: hoco

Many alumni come back for homecoming, and many freshmen are advised to flee.

homecoming ball

homecoming game

homecoming party

homecoming rave
1. Ellipsis of harvest homecoming.; A traditional (street) party and/or dance near the start of the school year, at around fall mid-terms. Traditionally marking the start of harvest break, where students go home in autumn to harvest the crops on the family farms.

the act of returning home

Bulgarian: завръщане (bg) n (zavrǎštane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 回鄉／回乡 (zh) (huíxiāng), 歸國／归国 (zh) (guīguó)
Czech: návrat domů m
Dutch: thuiskomst (nl) f
Esperanto: reveno
Estonian: koolipidustused
Finnish: kotiinpaluu (fi)
French: retour (fr) m
German: Heimkehr (de) f, Heimkunft (de) f
Greek: νόστος (el) m (nóstos)
Ancient: νόστος m (nóstos)
Hindi: घर वापसी f (ghar vāpsī)
Hungarian: hazatérés (hu)
Japanese: 帰省 (ja) (きせい, kisei), 帰宅 (ja) (きたく, kitaku), 帰国 (ja) (きこく, kikoku)
Korean: 귀가 (ko) (gwiga), 귀국 (ko) (gwiguk)
Malay: balik kampung (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hjemkomst m
Russian: возвраще́ние домо́й n (vozvraščénije domój), возвраще́ние на ро́дину n (vozvraščénije na ródinu)
Spanish: regreso a casa m
Swedish: hemkomst (sv) c, återkomst (sv) c

tradition in colleges and highschools