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The roots of our statehood go back more than two millennia and two centuries to the origins of the Hun Empire. Building upon the legacies and power of the Huns, Mongols had built the largest land empire in the history of the mankind.
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

Meaning of "legacies" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEGACIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEGACIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Legacies is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEGACIES

leg.
legacy
legacy duty
legal
legal adviser
legal aid
legal cap
legal costs
legal currency
legal department
legal document
legal eagle
legal entity
legal fees
legal fiction
legal high
legal holiday
legal limit
legal medicine
legal offence

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEGACIES

abbacies
accuracies
advocacies
agencies
aristocracies
autocracies
bureaucracies
confederacies
conspiracies
curacies
degeneracies
delegacies
delicacies
democracies
facies
fallacies
inaccuracies
intimacies
pharmacies
piracies
theocracies

Synonyms and antonyms of legacies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LEGACIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «legacies» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of legacies

Translation of «legacies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEGACIES

Find out the translation of legacies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of legacies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «legacies» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

遗产
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

legados
570 millions of speakers

English

legacies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विरासत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الموروثات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

наследие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

legados
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উত্তরদায়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

legs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Warisan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hinterlassenschaften
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

遺産
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유산
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Legacies
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

di sản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மரபியங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वारसा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

miraslar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lasciti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zapisy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спадщина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

moșteniri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κληροδοτήματα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nalatenskap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

legater
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of legacies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEGACIES»

The term «legacies» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.314 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEGACIES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about legacies

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10 QUOTES WITH «LEGACIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word legacies.
1
Ibrahim Babangida
The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the form of books still remains one of humanity's most enduring legacies.
2
Steve Berry
A concerted effort to preserve our heritage is a vital link to our cultural, educational, aesthetic, inspirational, and economic legacies - all of the things that quite literally make us who we are.
3
Randy Couture
I think both Georges St-Pierre and Anderson Silva are establishing legacies just by how long they've maintained their championship runs. I think both of them still have a lot left in their careers.
4
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
The roots of our statehood go back more than two millennia and two centuries to the origins of the Hun Empire. Building upon the legacies and power of the Huns, Mongols had built the largest land empire in the history of the mankind.
5
Noah Feldman
Empires inevitably fall, and when they do, history judges them for the legacies they leave behind.
6
Christine Gregoire
We all leave personal legacies for the people we know and love.
7
Grant Hill
I want to do the best I can and let everyone else worry about legacies.
8
Marty Meehan
As we celebrate Black History Month we should be grateful for the achievements they made and inspired by their legacies to continue their work.
9
Sam Reed
I hope that one of my legacies, and I worked to pass it on, is moderation in politics.
10
Hun Sen
The lessons of the past should steer us towards ensuring lasting legacies for generations yet to be born.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEGACIES»

Discover the use of legacies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to legacies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation
One out of five Americans are first- or second-generation immigrants. This study probes all aspects of the new immigrant second generation live's, exploring their potential to transform American society for better or worse.
Alejandro Portes, Rubén G. Rumbaut, 2001
2
Haunting Legacies: Violent Histories and Transgenerational ...
Gabriele Schwab reads these legacies in a number of narratives, primarily through the writing of postwar Germans and the descendents of Holocaust survivors.
Gabriele Schwab, 2013
3
Legacies of Dachau: The Uses and Abuses of a Concentration ...
A unified interpretation of the historical, political and remembered culture of Dachau concentration camp, first published in 2001.
Harold Marcuse, 2001
4
I Am Number Four
Pittacus Lore is about to become one of the hottest names on the planet' Big Issue 'Tense, keeps you wondering' Sunday Times Perfect for fans of The Hunger Games - I Am Number Four is the first book in Pittacus Lore's Lorien Legacies series ...
Pittacus Lore, 2010
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Legacies
10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE SECOND REPAIRMAN JACK NOVEL, INCLUDING A NEW AFTERWORD FROM THE AUTHOR.
F. Paul Wilson, 2009
6
Lessons and Legacies VII: The Holocaust in International ...
Among these are critical issues that receive serious scholarly attention, often for the first time, in this collection of essays by some of the world's most respected experts in the field.
Peter Hayes, Dagmar Herzog, 2006
7
Legacies
The first book of the Corean Chronicles One of the towering creators of contemporary fantasy fiction takes us to a new land of wonders.
L. E. Modesitt, Jr., 2010
8
International Handbook of Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma
This book deals with cases from the Holocaust, World War II, the Viet Nam war, with indigenous peoples, with children of cancer victims.
Yael Danieli, 1998
9
Darker Legacies of Law in Europe: The Shadow of National ...
This volume presents theoretical,historical and legal inquiries into the legacy of National Socialism and Fascism written by a group of the leading scholars in this field.
Christian Joerges, Navraj Singh Ghaleigh, 2003
10
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude Ma Rainey, ...
The works of Rainey, Smith, and Holiday have been largely misunderstood by critics.
Angela Y. Davis, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEGACIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term legacies is used in the context of the following news items.
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Local legacies take to Shrine Game - Daily Inter Lake: Members
Local legacies take to Shrine Game The Daily Inter Lake Daily Inter Lake | 0 comments. GREAT FALLS — The Montana East-West Shrine ... «Daily Inter Lake, Jul 15»
2
Canadian World War I soldiers' legacies etched in chalk | Toronto Star
Canadian World War I soldiers' legacies etched in chalk. After a French lumberjack discovered the names of Canadian soldiers on the walls of ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
3
Donors' passions become legacies
Legacies – they are all around us in a variety of forms. Some people are remembered for a lifetime of kind deeds. Others have built legacies by ... «Watertown Public Opinion, Jul 15»
4
Why the Budget means charities will have to work harder for legacies
Changes to inheritance tax relief in the Budget will reduce incentives for people to leave legacies, and for professional advisors to talk about ... «Civil Society Media, Jul 15»
5
Dealing with bullying, expanding science, building Habitat - all …
7/14/2015 4:48:00 PM Dealing with bullying, expanding science, building Habitat - all legacies of outgoing GHMS principal ... «Prescott Valley Tribune, Jul 15»
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UT football legacies important to current and past players
KNOXVILLE, TN — We're a day away from talking season. at least that's what Steve Spurrier likes to call it. SEC Media Days kick off in ... «WJHL, Jul 15»
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Ranch succession-planning series: “Preserving families …
Ranch succession-planning series: “Preserving families, perpetuating legacies”. By Laura Mushrush, Assistant Editor, Drovers CattleNetwork ... «CattleNetwork.com, Jul 15»
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Gendered legacies of Communist Albania: a paradox of progress
Hoxha's regime used the language of 'ending conservative traditions' to justify many of its horrors, but today Albania wrestles with a complex ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
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Shankar Acharya: Burden of legacies | Business Standard Column
Shankar Acharya: Burden of legacies. The 10 biggest policy mistakes of the past that have yet to be dealt with. Shankar Acharya. July 8, 2015 Last Updated at ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
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Baby Boomers and Their Legacies
For most, the process of aligning their assets with their priorities means the opportunity to create financial and non-financial legacies alike. «WealthManagement.com, Jul 15»

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