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An·a·to·li·an  (n-tl-n)

adj.

1. Of or relating to Anatolia or its people, language, or culture.

2. Of or relating to a branch of the Indo-European language family that includes Hittite and other extinct languages of ancient Anatolia.

n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Anatolia.

2. The Anatolian languages.

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Anatolian [ˌænəˈtəʊlɪən]

adj

1. (Placename) of or relating to Anatolia or its inhabitants

2. (Linguistics / Languages) denoting, belonging to, or relating to an ancient family of languages related to the Indo-European family and including Hittite

n

1. (Linguistics / Languages) this family of languages, sometimes regarded as a branch of Indo-European

2. (Social Science / Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Anatolia

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Anatolian - an extinct branch of the Indo-European family of languages known from inscriptions and important in the reconstruction of Proto-Indo European Anatolian language Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite, Indo-European - the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia Hittite - the language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions Lycian - an Anatolian language Luvian, Luwian - an Anatolian language Lydian - an Anatolian language Palaic - an Anatolian language