historia
Spain's recorded past
Historia is the Spanish and Latin word for history, sometimes used in English to evoke historical narrative or scholarly tradition.
In academic contexts, it may appear untranslated to emphasize historiography—the writing and study of history as a discipline: The profesor's historia of colonial Mexico drew on primary sources.
Year-by-year historical account
- archivesStored historical documents
- recordPreserved account or achievement
- narrativeAccount of events
- accountRecord of dealings
documentation · chronicle · chronology · register · log · reportage · saga · biography
Great age, ancient era
- ancientVery old indeed
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
- colonialOf occupied territories
prehistoric · epoch · era · dynasty · empire · ruins · archaeology · paleontology
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- legacyWhat's passed down
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- patrimonyInherited estate or legacy
inheritance · birthright · forebears · descendants · heirlooms · relics · artifacts · cultural memory
Systematic fact-finding effort
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- academiaHigher education community
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- interpretationAssigned meaning
methodology · thesis · primary sources · archives · peer review · bibliography · footnotes · citation
annals
Year-by-year historical account
account · documentation · chronicle · chronology · register · log · reportage · saga · biography · memoir
antiquity
Great age, ancient era
- ancientVery old indeed
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
colonial · prehistoric · epoch · era · dynasty · empire · ruins · archaeology · paleontology · fossil
ancestry
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- legacyWhat's passed down
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
patrimony · inheritance · birthright · forebears · descendants · heirlooms · relics · artifacts · cultural memory · preservation
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- academiaHigher education community
- analysisMethodical study of parts
interpretation · methodology · thesis · primary sources · archives · peer review · bibliography · footnotes · citation · monograph
mythology
Body of traditional tales
- legendsTraditional stories or icons
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- epicImpressively grand in scope
fables · lore · pantheon · heroes · gods · titans · odyssey · oral tradition · mythic · creation story
- make historyAchieve lasting significance
- family historyRecord of ancestors
- made historyAchieved lasting renown
- history bookRecord of past events
- making historyAccomplishing something remembered forever
- historical romanceLove story set historically
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