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Lu⋅wi⋅an

  [loo-ee-uhn]
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–noun
1. an extinct ancient Anatolian language written in cuneiform.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to Luwian.
Origin:
1920–25; Luwi nation of ancient Asia Minor + -an
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Lu·vi·an   (lōō'vē-ən)   
n.  

  1. An Indo-European language of the Anatolian family, attested in documents from the second and first millennia B.C. and now extinct.

  2. A speaker of Luvian.

adj.  Of or relating to the Luvians, their culture, or their language.

[From Hittite Lūiya, ancient region in Anatolia.]
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