What part of speech is ancestry?

Ancestry can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does ancestry mean?

Definitions

Noun

ancestry - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
ancestry - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

Examples of ancestry

#   Sentence  
1. noun He is of noble ancestry.
2. noun He is of Japanese ancestry.
3. noun However, the singer does not deny her ancestry.
4. noun Selena Gomez is of Mexican and Italian ancestry.
5. noun He said that he had Eskimo ancestry.
6. noun The coccyx is a vestigial feature that shows the common ancestry of mankind and apes.
7. noun Despite my related ancestry, I'm not interested in Judaism.
8. noun No nation can fully understand itself or find its place in the world if it does not look with clear eyes at all the glories and disgraces, too, of the past. We, in the United States, acknowledge such an injustice in our own history: The internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry was a great injustice, and it will never be repeated.
9. noun Five to seven percent of the population of Paraguay is of German ancestry.
10. noun Do you know your ancestry?
11. noun Ancestry is not a crime.
12. noun Here in Algeria, the bulk of our ancestry is Berber.
13. noun Most Algerians have Berber ancestry.
14. noun I'm of partial Berber ancestry.
15. noun Many of them have native Berber ancestry.
Sentence  
noun
He is of noble ancestry.
He is of Japanese ancestry.
However, the singer does not deny her ancestry.
Selena Gomez is of Mexican and Italian ancestry.
He said that he had Eskimo ancestry.
The coccyx is a vestigial feature that shows the common ancestry of mankind and apes.
Despite my related ancestry, I'm not interested in Judaism.
No nation can fully understand itself or find its place in the world if it does not look with clear eyes at all the glories and disgraces, too, of the past. We, in the United States, acknowledge such an injustice in our own history: The internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry was a great injustice, and it will never be repeated.
Five to seven percent of the population of Paraguay is of German ancestry.
Do you know your ancestry?
Ancestry is not a crime.
Here in Algeria, the bulk of our ancestry is Berber.
Most Algerians have Berber ancestry.
I'm of partial Berber ancestry.
Many of them have native Berber ancestry.

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