HURRIAN

Meaning of HURRIAN in English

[Hur.ri.an] n (1911) 1: a member of an ancient non-Semitic people of northern Mesopotamia, Syria, and eastern Asia Minor about 1500 b.c.

2: the language of the Hurrian people

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HURRIAN — noun Date: 1911 a member of an ancient non-Semitic people of northern Mesopotamia, Syria, and eastern Asia Minor about 1500 …
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HURRIAN — ˈhu̇rēən noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : an ancient non-Semitic people prominent in northern Mesopotamia, Syria, …
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HURRIAN — noun Date: 1911 1. : a member of an ancient non-Semitic people of northern Mesopotamia, Syria, and eastern Asia Minor …
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HURRIAN — [ 'hʌrɪən ] ■ noun 1》 a member of an ancient people who settled in Syria and northern Mesopotamia during …
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HURRIAN — one of a people important in the history and culture of the Middle East during the 2nd millennium BC. The …
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HURRIAN — n. Pronunciation: ' hu ̇ r- ē - ə n Function: noun Date: 1911 1 : a member of an …
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HURRIAN LANGUAGE — extinct language spoken from the last centuries of the 3rd millennium BC until at least the latter years of the …
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MITANNI — Ancient kingdom of upper Mesopotamia . It extended from the Euphrates River nearly to the Tigris River and flourished from …
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JUPITER DOLICHENUS — God of a Roman mystery cult. He was originally a Hittite-Hurrian god of fertility and thunder worshiped at Doliche in …
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ANATOLIAN LANGUAGES — Branch of the The attested Anatolian languages are Hittite, Palaic, Luwian (Luvian), Hieroglyphic Luwian, Lycian, and Lydian. Hittite, by far …
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HURRITE — ˈhu̇ˌrīt noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Hurri + -ite : hurrian
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HURRI — ˈhu̇rē noun also har·ri ˈhärē ( plural hurri or hurris ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Akkadian hurri : hurrian
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MITANNI — /mi tan"ee/ , n. the Hurrian kingdom in NW Mesopotamia in the 15th and 14th centuries B.C.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HURRI
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ADAB — Islamic concept that became a literary genre distinguished by its broad humanitarian concerns; it developed during the brilliant height of …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: ANTHROPOLOGY-AND-ARCHAEOLOGY — ARCHAEOLOGY As had been the case increasingly in recent years, archaeological field activity in the Eastern Hemisphere faced political problems …
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YAZILIKAYA — (Turkish: Inscribed Rock), Hittite monument about a mile northeast of Bogazky; it was the site of the Hittite capital Hattusa …
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WOOLLEY, SIR (CHARLES) LEONARD — born April 17, 1880, London died Feb. 20, 1960, London British archaeologist whose excavation of the ancient Sumerian city of …
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URARTIAN LANGUAGE — also called Chaldean, or Vannic, ancient language spoken in northeastern Anatolia and used as the official language of Urartu in …
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TESHUB — in the religions of Asia Minor, the Hurrian weather god, assimilated by the Hittites to their own weather god, Tarhun …
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TARHUN — also spelled Taru, Tarhu, Tarhunt, Tarhunna, or Tarhuis, ancient Anatolian weather god. His name appears in Hittite and Assyrian records …
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SYRIAN AND PALESTINIAN RELIGION — beliefs of Syria and Palestine between 3000 and 300 BC. These religions are usually defined by the languages of those …
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NUZU — modern Yorghan Tepe ancient Mesopotamian city, located southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq. Excavations undertaken there by American archaeologists in 192531 revealed …
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MITANNI — Indo-Iranian empire centred in northern Mesopotamia that flourished from about 1500 to about 1360 BC. At its height the empire …
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MESOPOTAMIA, HISTORY OF — Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history. history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world's earliest civilization developed. The …
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MESOPOTAMIA — (GreekLand Between the Rivers) region between the Tigris and Euphrates in western Asia. In a specific sense, Mesopotamia is the …
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MANNAI — also spelled Manna, or Mana, ancient country in northwestern Iran, south of Lake Urmia. During the period of its existence …
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KUSHUKH — also spelled Kushuh, the Hurrian moon god. In the Hurrian pantheon, Kushukh was regularly placed above the sun god, Shimegi; …
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KUBABA — goddess of the ancient Syrian city of Carchemish. In religious texts of the Hittite empire (c. 1400c. 1190 BC), she …
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KIZZUWADNA — also spelled Kizzuwatna, Hurrian kingdom of southeastern Anatolia near the Gulf of Iskenderun in present-day Turkey. Kizzuwadna concluded a treaty …
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ANATOLIAN LANGUAGES — extinct Indo-European and non-Indo-European languages spoken in Anatolia from sometime in the 3rd millenium BC until the early centuries of …
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