heritage

1 practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; "a heritage of freedom"

2 any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge" [syn: inheritance]

3 that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner [syn: inheritance]

4 hereditary succession to a title or an office or property [syn: inheritance]

English

Pronunciation

Etymology

French héritage

Noun

1. An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
2. A tradition; something that can be passed down from preceding generations.
3. A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.

Translations

Heritage refers to something which is inherited from one's ancestors. It has several different senses, including:

• Cultural heritage, a nation's historic monuments, museum collections, etc.
• Natural heritage, a nation's fauna and flora, natural resources, and landscape
• Tradition, customs and practices inherited from ancestors
• Virtual Heritage, an ICT work dealing with cultural heritage
• Inheritance of physical goods after the death of an individual
• Biological inheritance of physical characteristics
• Birthright, something inherited due to the place, time, or circumstances of someone's birth
• Industrial Heritage, the monuments from the industrial culture
• Transportation: it used in the context of light rail urban train operation. It pertains to slow-speed operation of trains that use vintage (pre-1970) streetcars.

It is also:

• Heritage (Doctor Who), a novel in the BBC Books series
• The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank located in Washington, D.C.
• Heritage Guitars, a boutique guitar manufacturer, separated from Gibson
• Heritage New Hampshire, a museum companion to the New Hampshire theme park Story Land
• Heritage Records (Australia), a 1960s Australian record label
• The Heritage, a golf event
• The Heritage at Millennium Park, a skyscraper in Chicago
• Heritage, a pro-Western political party in Armenia
• Heritage, a political party in Zambia
• Heritage Mill, North Chailey, a windmill in Sussex.

See also

• UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Heritage College
• Heritage Christian University
• English Heritage
• Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Heritage tourism
• Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata
• Heritage Foods
• San Francisco Architectural Heritage, Haas-Lilienthal House'''

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