"World Heritage Site" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: World Heritage Sites [plural], World Heritage site [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=World Heritage Site}} World Heritage Site (plural World Heritage Sites)
  1. A place listed by UNESCO as being of special cultural or physical significance. Synonyms: world heritage Translations (place listed by UNESCO as being of significance): 世界遺產 /世界遗产 (shìjiè yíchǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), verdensarv [neuter] (Danish), maailmanperintökohde (Finnish), patrimoine mondial [masculine] (French), Welterbe [neuter] (German), विश्व विरासत स्थल (viśva virāsat sthal) [masculine] (Hindi), विश्व धरोहर स्थल (viśva dharohar sthal) [masculine] (Hindi), világörökség (Hungarian), Situs Warisan Dunia (Indonesian), Suíomh Oidhreachta Domhanda [masculine] (Irish), patrimonio dell'umanità [masculine] (Italian), 世界遺産 (sekai isan) (alt: せかいいさん) (Japanese), 세계유산 (segyeyusan) (alt: 世界遺産) (Korean), Tapak Warisan Dunia (Malay), kelepora cîhanê [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), verdensarvsted [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), Patrimônio Mundial [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), Património Mundial [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), объе́кт Всеми́рного насле́дия (obʺjékt Vsemírnovo naslédija) [masculine] (Russian), Всеми́рное насле́дие (Vsemírnoje naslédije) [neuter] (Russian), Patrimonio de la Humanidad [masculine] (Spanish), Urithi wa Dunia (Swahili), Pandaigdigang Pamanang Pook (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "place listed by UNESCO as being of significance",
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      "sense": "place listed by UNESCO as being of significance",
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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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      "word": "verdensarvsted"
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      "word": "объе́кт Всеми́рного насле́дия"
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      "lang": "Swahili",
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      "word": "Urithi wa Dunia"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
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      "word": "Pandaigdigang Pamanang Pook"
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