Celtic

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adjective

Celt·ic ˈkel-tik

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: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Celts or their languages

Celtic music

Celtic folklore

Celtic

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noun

: a group of Indo-European languages usually subdivided into Brythonic and Goidelic and now largely confined to Brittany, Wales, Ireland, and the Scottish Highlands see Indo-European Languages Table

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My father-in-law, a Harvard professor, of pure Irish extraction, had a prodigious memory and was heir to the Celtic oral tradition. —

Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024 Held in Sumner County for the first-time in 2022, the two-day festival is returning to Sanders Ferry Park to appreciate, preserve and celebrate Scottish and Celtic traditions. —

Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 These simple cremation graves shed light on the lives and deaths of the less affluent members of the ancient Celtic community. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024 In the Celtic tradition of my ancestors, the Lughnasa festival begins at the start of harvest in August. —

Greg Burton, The Arizona Republic, 28 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Celtic