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KASSITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kassite mean? 

KASSITE (noun)
  The noun KASSITE has 2 senses:

1. a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BCplay

2. an ancient language spoken by the Kassitesplay

  Familiarity information: KASSITE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KASSITE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cassite; Kassite

Hypernyms ("Kassite" is a kind of...):

Caucasian; White; White person (a Caucasian)


Sense 2

Meaning:

An ancient language spoken by the Kassites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Cassite; Kassite

Hypernyms ("Kassite" is a kind of...):

natural language; tongue (a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language)


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