: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Celts or their languages
Celtic music
Celtic folklore
: 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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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2025
One local at the Scots Club delighted Moyes by recalling the Celtic boys visits in the ’70s.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 28 July 2025
Number of Tourists in 2024: 41.2 million From the royal fanfare of London to the Celtic legends of Scotland and the poetic soul of Welsh valleys, the United Kingdom brims with centuries-old heritage, rolling countryside, and buzzing megacities.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
There are the Celtic myths of the selkies and the merrows.
—Kalie Cassidy
july 25, Literary Hub, 25 July 2025
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Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient Celtic settlement in the Czech Republic’s Bohemia region.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2025
One local at the Scots Club delighted Moyes by recalling the Celtic boys visits in the ’70s.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 28 July 2025
Number of Tourists in 2024: 41.2 million From the royal fanfare of London to the Celtic legends of Scotland and the poetic soul of Welsh valleys, the United Kingdom brims with centuries-old heritage, rolling countryside, and buzzing megacities.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
There are the Celtic myths of the selkies and the merrows.
—Kalie Cassidy
july 25, Literary Hub, 25 July 2025
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“Celtic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Celtic. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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