Definition of
Ugaritic
- (noun, communication) an extinct Semitic language of northern Syria
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Alternate forms of Ugaritic
Hypernyms: canaanitic, canaanitic language
Origin of the word Ugaritic
- 1936, "pertaining to Ugarit," ancient city of northern Syria, and esp. to the language first discovered there 1929 by Claude Schaeffer, from Ugarit, which probably is ult. from Sumerian ugaru "field." more
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