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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Hittite
a member of a people of central Anatolia who were a significant power in Anatolia and Syria from c1900 to c1200 b.c.

2. Hittite
their extinct Indo-European language, written in a cuneiform syllabary.

3. (adj.) Hittite
of the Hittites or their language.

Etymology: (1600–10; < Heb &hdotbelow;itt(īm) Hittite (cf. Hittite Khatti) + -ite¹)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Hittite
a member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC

2. (adj) Hittite
the language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions

3. (adj) Hittite
of or relating to the Hittite people or their language or culture

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