heritage

noun4

1. •
   An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
2. •
   A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.

   • In fact it was a multifarious agglomerate of many little countries, gathered by marriage, heritage and luck, in the course of centuries, and now united in the hand of this Duke Wilhelm. — 1858
3. •
   A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
4. •
   [before a noun] 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.