Memento

Noun

 * 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.

Synonyms

 * keepsake
 * souvenir
 * memorabilia

Adjectives for Memento
painful; ever-changing; grave; appropriate; melancholy; lovely; sacred.

Thesaurus
arch, barrow, boundary stone, brass, bust, cairn, cenotaph, column, commemoration, cromlech, cross, cup, cyclolith, dolmen, favor, footstone, grave, gravestone, headstone, hoarstone, inscription, keepsake, marker, mausoleum, megalith, memento mori, mementos, memorabilia, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, memorials, memories, menhir, monolith, monument, mound, necrology, obelisk, obituary, pillar, plaque, prize, pyramid, relic, reliquary, remembrance, remembrancer, reminder, ribbon, rostral column, shadow, shaft, shrine, souvenir, stela, stone, stupa, tablet, testimonial, token, token of remembrance, tomb, tombstone, tope, trace, trophy

Etymology
From the memento:, imperative form of memini:.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Andenken, Erinnerung, Mahnzeichen


 * Hungarian: mementó
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Persian: یادگاری, یادبود
 * Portuguese: lembrancinha
 * Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan
 * Turkish:, hatıra,  yadigar