Hittite
['hitait]
Definition
(noun.) the language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions.
(noun.) a member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC.
(adj.) of or relating to the Hittite people or their language or culture .
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Definition
adj. pertaining to the Hittites a powerful and civilised people probably not Semitic of northern Syria.
Typist: Sean
Examples
- They seem, for instance, to have broken up and assimilated the Hittite civilization, which was probably pre-Aryan in its origin. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They invaded the Egyptian delta and the African coast to the west, they formed alliances with the Hittites and other Aryan or Aryanized races. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Iron, which seems to have been first reduced from its ores by the Hittites, was, to begin with, a rare and much-desired substance. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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