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HITTITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Hittite" is a kind of...):
Anatolian; Anatolian language (an extinct branch of the Indo-European family of languages known from inscriptions and important in the reconstruction of Proto-Indo European)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Hittite" is a kind of...):
denizen; dweller; habitant; indweller; inhabitant (a person who inhabits a particular place)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the Hittite people or their language or culture
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Hittite (the language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions)
Hittite (a member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC)
