Heritage refers to something which is inherited from one's ancestors. It has several different senses, including:
- Natural heritage Natural heritage is the legacy of natural objects and intangible attributes encompassing the countryside and natural environment, including flora and fauna, scientifically known as biodiversity, and geology and landforms, a group's inheritance of fauna and flora, geology, landscape and landforms, and other natural resources
- Cultural heritage Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations. Often though, what is considered cultural heritage by one generation may be rejected by the next generation, only to be revived, the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society
- Food heritage
- Tradition A tradition is any established routine. Usually, routines established in order to preserve a wide range of culturally significant ideas. The word tradition comes from the Latin traditio [meaning: giving up , surrendering, instructing, relating] Today, the word tradition is commonly used to designate specific practices and the various methods used, customs and practices inherited from ancestors
- Virtual Heritage, an ICT work dealing with cultural heritage
- Inheritance Inheritance is the practice of passing on property, titles, debts, and obligations upon the death of an individual. It has long played an important role in human societies. The rules of inheritance differ between societies and have changed over time of physical goods after the death of an individual
- Heredity Heredity is the passing of traits to offspring . This is the process by which an offspring cell or organism acquires or becomes predisposed to the characteristics of its parent cell or organism. Through heredity, variations exhibited by individuals can accumulate and cause a species to evolve. The study of heredity in biology is called genetics,, biological inheritance of physical characteristics
- Birthright, something inherited due to the place, time, or circumstances of someone's birth Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring. The offspring is brought forth from the mother. Different forms of birth are oviparity, vivipary and ovovivipary
- Industrial heritage Industrial heritage is an aspect of cultural heritage dealing specifically with the buildings and artifacts of industry which are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations, often forming a significant attraction for tourism, monuments from industrial culture
- Kinship Kinship is a relationship between any entities that share a genealogical origin, through either biological, cultural, or historical descent. In anthropology the kinship system includes people related both by descent and marriage, while usage in biology includes descent and mating. Human kinship relations through marriage are commonly called ", the relationship between entities that share a genealogical origin
The name Heritage may also refer to:
- Heritage (Doctor Who), a novel in the BBC Books series
- The Heritage Foundation The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies drew significantly from Heritage's policy study Mandate for Leadership. Heritage has since continued to have a significant influence in U.S. public policy making, and is widely considered to be one of the most influential research, a conservative think tank located in Washington, D.C.
- Heritage Day Heritage Day is also a celebration held every July 8 in Easton, Pennsylvania, marking the date in which the Declaration of Independence was read (disambiguation)
- 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 (film), a 1978 Danish film
- The Heritage at Millennium Park, a skyscraper in Chicago
- Heritage (Armenia), a pro-Western political party in Armenia
- Heritage Party (Zambia), a political party in Zambia
- Héritage, a defunct supermarket retailed based in Quebec Quebec is the second most populous province, after Ontario. Most inhabitants live in urban areas near the Saint Lawrence River between Montreal and Quebec City, the capital. English-speaking communities and English-language institutions are concentrated in the west of the island of Montreal but are also significantly present in the Outaouais, the, Canada The land occupied by Canada was inhabited for millennia by various groups of Aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French expeditions explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three
- Heritage, vintage light rail Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems. The term is typically used to refer to rail systems with rapid transit-style features that usually urban train operation
- Heritage Auctions, an auction House in Dallas
See also
- World Heritage Site A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by UNESCO as of special cultural or physical significance. The list is maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 state parties which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term
- Heritage College (disambiguation)
- Heritage Christian University
- English Heritage English Heritage . is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government with a broad remit of managing the historic built environment of England. It is currently sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Simon Thurley has been chief executive since 2002
- Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Heritage tourism Cultural heritage tourism is a branch of tourism oriented towards the cultural heritage of the location where tourism is occurring
- Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata
- Heritage Fleet (Amtrak)
- Heritage Foods
- Heritage High School (disambiguation)
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