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Definition Hittite in British English

Hittite noun

noun
1

a member of an ancient people that inhabited Asia Minor in the second millennium B.C. and founded a great empire

Example

The Treaty of Kadesh was a peace treaty signed by the Egyptian pharaoh Rameses II and the Hittite king Hattusili III during the 13th century.

2

the Indo-European language spoken by the Hittites.

Definition Hittite in British English