World Heritage Site

noun

A place listed by UNESCO as being of special cultural or physical significance.

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Meanings

World Heritage Site1

nounWorld Heritage Site (plural World Heritage Sites)

plural World Heritage Sites · alternative World Heritage site

  1. A place listed by UNESCO as being of special cultural or physical significance.

    Synonyms: world heritage

World Heritage site2

nounWorld Heritage site (plural World Heritage sites)

plural World Heritage sites

  1. Alternative letter-case form of World Heritage Site.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA place listed by UNESCO as being of special cultural or physical significance.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 世界遺產 /世界遗产
  • 世界遺產 /世界遗产 (shìjiè yíchǎn)place listed by UNESCO as being of significance
Danish verdensarv
  • verdensarvplace listed by UNESCO as being of significance
Finnish maailmanperintökohde
  • maailmanperintökohdeplace listed by UNESCO as being of significance
French patrimoine mondial
  • patrimoine mondialplace listed by UNESCO as being of significance
German Welterbe
  • Welterbeplace listed by UNESCO as being of significance
Hindi विश्व विरासत स्थल, विश्व धरोहर स्थल
  • विश्व विरासत स्थल (viśva virāsat sthal)place listed by UNESCO as being of significance
  • विश्व धरोहर स्थल (viśva dharohar sthal)place listed by UNESCO as being of significance
Hungarian világörökség
  • világörökségplace listed by UNESCO as being of significance
Indonesian Situs Warisan Dunia
  • Situs Warisan Duniaplace listed by UNESCO as being of significance
Irish Suíomh Oidhreachta Domhanda
  • Suíomh Oidhreachta Domhandaplace listed by UNESCO as being of significance
Italian patrimonio dell'umanità
  • patrimonio dell'umanitàplace listed by UNESCO as being of significance
Japanese 世界遺産
  • 世界遺産 (sekai isan)place listed by UNESCO as being of significance
Korean 세계유산
  • 세계유산 (segyeyusan)place listed by UNESCO as being of significance
Malay Tapak Warisan Dunia
  • Tapak Warisan Duniaplace listed by UNESCO as being of significance
Norwegian Bokmål verdensarvsted
  • verdensarvstedplace listed by UNESCO as being of significance
Portuguese Patrimônio Mundial, Património Mundial
  • Patrimônio Mundialplace listed by UNESCO as being of significance
  • Património Mundialplace listed by UNESCO as being of significance
Russian объе́кт Всеми́рного насле́дия, Всеми́рное насле́дие
  • объе́кт Всеми́рного насле́дия (obʺjékt Vsemírnovo naslédija)place listed by UNESCO as being of significance
  • Всеми́рное насле́дие (Vsemírnoje naslédije)place listed by UNESCO as being of significance
Spanish Patrimonio de la Humanidad
  • Patrimonio de la Humanidadplace listed by UNESCO as being of significance
Swahili Urithi wa Dunia
  • Urithi wa Duniaplace listed by UNESCO as being of significance
Tagalog Pandaigdigang Pamanang Pook
  • Pandaigdigang Pamanang Pookplace listed by UNESCO as being of significance
Cite this entry
APA

World Heritage Site. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/World%20Heritage%20Site

MLA

“World Heritage Site.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/World%20Heritage%20Site. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “World Heritage Site,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/World%20Heritage%20Site.

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