From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmemorabiliamem‧o‧ra‧bil‧i‧a /ˌmemərəˈbɪliə/ noun [plural]REMEMBERthings that you keep or collect because they are connected with a famous person, event, or time
a collection of war memorabiliaExamples from the Corpusmemorabilia• Finally Brooks of Clapham included a varied and most interestingcollection of aviationmemorabilia in their sale on September 15.• Bogies is housed in a restoredmovie theater and decorated with Humphrey Bogart memorabilia.• Elvis memorabilia• Rhode IslandnativeCharlie spent the better part of his adult life collecting Elvis Presley memorabilia.• University of Californiaofficials said they were stunned to learn that the school would lose its collection of Saroyan memorabilia to Stanford.• We've lots of theatrememorabiliasaved from old music halls and theatres.Originmemorabilia(1700-1800)Latinmemorabilis; → MEMORABLE
