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| Hit·tite [ hí tt ] (plural Hit·tites) |
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1. member of ancient Anatolian people: a member of an ancient Anatolian people whose empire was based in Asia Minor during the second millennium bc
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2. extinct Anatolian language: an extinct Indo-European language spoken in Anatolia, parts of Syria, and surrounding areas during the second millennium bc. Despite evidence from ample cuneiform inscriptions, there is no consensus over which branch of Indo-European it belongs to.
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| [Mid-16th century. < Hebrew Ḥittīm< Hittite Hatti] |
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 Hit·tite adjective |
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