Luwian Syllabification: (Lu·wi·an)Pronunciation: /ˈlo͞o-ēən/ (also Luvian /-vēən/)Definition of Luwian noun an Anatolian language of the 2nd millennium bc. It is recorded in both cuneiform and hieroglyphic scripts and may have been the language spoken in Troy at the time of the Homeric war. Origin:from Luwia, part of Asia Minor, + -anLuwian in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Luwian in the British & World English dictionary