Noun

(en-noun)

An inheritance; property that may be inherited.

A tradition; something that can be passed down from preceding generations.

A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.

(attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.

The university requires heritage''' Spanish students to enroll in a specially designed Spanish program not available to non-'''heritage students.

Noun

(ethnicities)

The common characteristics of a group of people.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April

, author=(Jan Sapp) , title=Race Finished , volume=100, issue=2, page=164 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity , genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?}}

An ethnic group.