heritage

🇺🇸 /ˈherɪtɪdʒ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈherɪtɪdʒ/
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noun
C1

The important history, traditions, and things from the past that a country or group keeps.

Protecting our national heritage helps us remember our history.

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A person's family background, including where their ancestors came from and their culture.

Learning about her heritage helped her understand her family's traditions.

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A traditional product, animal, or plant that is old, rare, and of good quality.

This heritage breed of chicken is known for its excellent eggs.

translation

n. The important history, traditions, and things from the past that a country or group keeps.; A person's family background, including where their ancestors came from and their culture.; A traditional product, animal, or plant that is old, rare, and of good quality.

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Plural heritages