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heritage

Definition for heritage

noun as in person's background, tradition

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In 2022, Melbourne declared the smell of Vegemite wafting from a factory in the city a "significant" aspect of the city's cultural heritage.

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Cho says many Korean-Americans have told her it's "such a refreshing moment", making them proud for the first time of their dual heritage and culture.

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Robert O’Brien is right that the U.S. has a “special bond and heritage” with Ireland.

In the National Register of Historic Places, less than 1% of sites listed there are representative of Latino heritage, despite Latinos making up 20% of the U.S. population.

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Conservative MS Sam Kurtz said he has received abuse online and, for a period, constant phone calls from someone making racist comments about his German heritage.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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