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Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue.
  2. n. The language of the Celts.
  3. adj. relating to or characteristic of the Celts
  4. n. a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era
  5. Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue. [Written also Keltic.] The language of the Celts. Note: The remains of the old Celtic language are found in the Gaelic, the Erse or Irish the Manx, and the Welsh and its cognate dialects Cornish and Bas Breton.
  6. Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes,literature, tongue. [Written also Keltic.]
  7. j:100 n. a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era a. relating to or characteristic of the Celts