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Definition of Hittite
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the Hittite people or their language or culture.
2. Noun. A member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC.
3. Noun. The language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions.
Definition of Hittite
1. n. A member of an ancient people (or perhaps group of peoples) whose settlements extended from Armenia westward into Asia Minor and southward into Palestine. They are known to have been met along the Orontes as early as 1500 b. c., and were often at war with the Egyptians and Assyrians. Especially in the north they developed a considerable civilization, of which numerous monuments and inscriptions are extant. Authorities are not agreed as to their race. While several attempts have been made to decipher the Hittite characters, little progress has yet been made.
Definition of Hittite
1. Noun. A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia. ¹
2. Proper noun. An ancient Indo-European language of the Anatolian branch, attested from the 16th century BC until the 13th century BC. ¹
3. Adjective. Of or relating to the Hittite people. ¹
4. Adjective. Of or relating to the Hittite language. ¹
5. Adjective. Of or relating to the Hittite Kingdom, located in central Anatolia (modern Turkey), that flourished from about 1800 to 1400 (B.C.E.). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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