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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A native or inhabitant of any polity that emerged after the fall of the Hittite Empire.
2. 2
   A Neo-Hittite. broadly, proscribed

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or relating to the period that followed the collapse of the Hittite Empire around 1180 BCE. not-comparable
2. 2
   Neo-Hittite. broadly, not-comparable, proscribed

Etymology

From post- (“after”) + Hittite.

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