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Ugarit

Definition of Ugarit
  • an ancient port and Bronze Age trading city in northern Syria, founded in Neolithic times and destroyed by the Sea Peoples in about the 12th century bc. Its people spoke a Semitic language written in a distinctive cuneiform alphabet.

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Ugaritic

Pronunciation: /ˌjuːgəˈrɪtɪk/
adjective & noun

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