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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A member of an ancient Anatolian people related to the Hittites.
2. 2
   an Anatolian language closely related to Lycian wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   of or pertaining to Luwian language or its speakers not-comparable
2. 2
   of or pertaining to Luwia not-comparable

Proper Noun

1. 1
   an extinct language of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken in the 2nd millennium BC and recorded in both hieroglyphic and cuneiform scripts.

Synonyms

All synonyms

englishlanguageluvianluvian languageluwian language

Etymology

From Luwia, part of Asia Minor, + -ian. For the first element see Ancient Greek Λυδός (Ludós).

Related phrases

Cuneiform LuwianHieroglyphic Luwianindo europeanlanguage familyluvo lycian

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