Celtic
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- adjective
- /ˈkɛltɪk/
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céltico
- One of the fabulous things about Celtic art is that Celtic art objects have hidden in them lots of interesting creatures and faces and beasts.
- Celtic music
- Celtic nationalism
- Celtic people
This is heavily inspired by like Celtic Irish fairy tales.
- This is heavily inspired by like Celtic Irish fairy tales.
- They would make citizens of people from the Celtic lands of Britain to Egypt.
- The the Romans had conquered the various Celtic tribes there.
- However, Britons are the collective term for the Celtic population.
- So now it looks like that's the heart of Celtic tradition, but actually it's the fringe.
- Rachel had been modeled on the Celtic type of build, anachronistic and attractive.
- So Zelazny, he doesn't just work in Arthurian and Celtic and Greek and you know, whatever you want.
- I think like the other Celtic countries, we'd, we'd we have that very deep rooted storytelling society.
Examples
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From her purse, she took a talisman that looked somewhat like a Celtic cross.
Fiction book (2001) -
A thousand years earlier, Don had to cope with the first wave of Celtic warriors to enter Wales.
Academic text (1999) -
A legend from the Celtic past.
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Originally used to mark Celtic grave sites.
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A likely composite of a Roman general and a Celtic king.
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However, Britons are the collective term for the Celtic population.
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Ireland was undoubtedly peopled with Celtic tribes; the language, customs, and religion of both nations were the same.
Academic text (1998) -
Twenty British influences were discarded as an official Celtic identity was promoted in names, dances, songs, sports, and the arts.
Academic text (1995) -
Within this rugged environment, a largely Celtic population has tried to maintain its language and independence against Anglo-Saxon encroachment.
Academic text (1999) -
It's been said that Halloween was originally a Celtic holiday called Samhain.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Celtic comes from Celt, the name for those ancient people, plus the ending -ic, which means 'relating to', so Celtic means 'relating to' the Celts, their language, or their culture.