Hurrian

  1. Noun.  an ancient people who lived in northern Mesopotamia; they created a powerful kingdom called Mitanni in the 16-13th century BC.
  2. Adjective.  of or pertaining to the Hurrians, their language or culture.
  3. Proper noun.  the language of Hurrians; it is non-Indo-European and non-Semitic; the only known relative is the Urartian.

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