Hittite (Hit|tite)

noun

• 1a member of an ancient people who established an empire in Asia Minor and Syria that flourished from circa 1700 to circa 1200 bc.
• a subject of the Hittite empire or one of their descendants, including a Canaanite or Syrian people mentioned in the Bible (11th to 8th century bc).

• 2 [mass noun] the language of the Hittites, the oldest attested Indo-European language. Written in both hieroglyphic and cuneiform scripts, it was deciphered in the early 20th century.

adjective

• relating to the Hittites, their empire, or their language.