κληρονομιά

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Greek

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Etymology

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Inherited from Byzantine Greek *κληρονομιά (*klēronomiá) from Ancient Greek κληρονομία (klēronomía), with synizesis of the final vowels.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kli.ɾo.noˈmɲa/
  • Hyphenation: κλη‧ρο‧νο‧μιά

Noun

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κληρονομιά (klironomiáf (plural κληρονομιές)

  1. inheritance, heritage, legacy (that which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament)
  2. heritage (a tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory)
    πολιτιστική κληρονομιάpolitistikí klironomiácultural heritage

Declension

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ κληρονομιά, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

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