Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A language of the extinct ancient Anatolian branch of Indo-European, attested in documents and inscriptions from Anatolia and Syria from the second and first millennia BC.
- noun A speaker of Luvian.
- adjective Of or relating to the Luvians, their culture, or their language.
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- noun Alternative form of
Luwian . - proper noun Alternative form of
Luwian . - adjective Alternative form of
Luwian .
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- noun an Anatolian language
Etymologies
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Examples
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The hieroglyphs were "Luvian," not Egyptian, a script used by the Hittites along with cuneiform.
Day Four: Hattushas Walter Jon Williams 2009
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The hieroglyphs were "Luvian," not Egyptian, a script used by the Hittites along with cuneiform.
Archive 2009-05-01 Walter Jon Williams 2009
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I think this story just reinforced my already existing compulsion to get much more serious about studying hieroglyphic Luvian.
Physorg.com: Archeologists discover temple that sheds light on 'Dark Age' 2009
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It is one of the features of the so-called "Anatolian linguistic area" and exists in Hurrian, Urartian, Hittite and Luvian, namely in possessive constructions.
Nouns modifying nouns in Etruscan and related languages 2009
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The other was Anatolian, a branch which includes Hittite and Luvian.
Atlas Shrugs 2008
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The other was Anatolian, a branch which includes Hittite and Luvian.
Atlas Shrugs 2008
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