noun
Hittite
HIH-tyt
noun
1
A member of the ancient Hittite people, a Bronze Age civilization based in Anatolia (modern Turkey).
"Archaeologists uncovered a Hittite palace dating back over 3,000 years."
2
The extinct Indo-European language spoken by the Hittites.
"Hittite is one of the oldest recorded Indo-European languages."
adj
1
Relating to the Hittite people, language, or kingdom.
"The museum has a fine collection of Hittite carvings."
How to Use Hittite
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo do with the Hittites, an ancient Bronze Age empire in what is now Turkey, or their language.
Word Forms
Hittites plural
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Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew for the Hittites, which traces to the Hittites' own name for their land, Hatti. Confusingly, the term was applied in the early 20th century to the Indo-European-speaking Anatolian civilization now called Hittite, even though it was originally mixed up with a related but separate people, the Hattians.