Celtic
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Jump to: navigation, searchThe words Celt and Celtic (also Keltic) can refer to:
In ethno-linguistics:
- Celts The Iron Age and Roman-era Celts were a diverse group of tribal societies in Europe who spoke Celtic languages, a people of Iron Age and Roman-era Europe who is culturally Celtic.
- Celts (modern), the modern Celtic identity
- Celtic languages The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic", a branch of the greater Indo-European language family. The term "Celtic" was used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, having much earlier been used by Greek and Roman writers to describe tribes in central Gaul. During the 1st
- Celtic nations Celtic nations is a term used to describe territories in North-West Europe in which that area's own Celtic languages and cultural traits have survived. The term "nation" is used in this context to mean a group of people associated with a territory and who share a common identity, language or culture. It is not synonymous with ", the modern territories in North-West Europe where Celtic languages and cultural traits have survived
- Keltic Nordic, a category in scientific racism
In sports:
- Celtic Football Club, a Scottish football club
- Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners L.L.C. and coached by Doc Rivers, with Danny Ainge as the President of Basketball, an American professional basketball team
- Belfast Celtic, a former Irish/Northern Irish football club
- Bloemfontein Celtic, a South African football club
- Dewsbury Celtic, an English rugby League club
- Donegal Celtic Donegal Celtic is a Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1970, hails from Belfast and plays its home matches at Donegal Celtic Park. Club colours are green and white in Celtic-style hoops. The current manager is Pat McAllister, a Northern Irish football team
- Farsley Celtic A.F.C., an English football club
- Lurgan Celtic F.C., a Northern Irish football club
- Oban Celtic, a Scottish shinty club
- Stalybridge Celtic F.C., an English football club
Other uses:
- Celt (tool), a type of stone tool
- Celtic (ship), a number of ships
- Celtic (water), a French brand of bottled water
- Celtic music Celtic music is a term utilised by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe. As such there is no real body of music which can be accurately be described as Celtic, but the term has stuck and may
- The Celts (BBC documentary), a 1986 documentary series produced by the BBC on Celts
- The Celts (album), a 1992 album by Irish musician Enya
See also
- Celticism (disambiguation)
- Celtic culture (disambiguation)
- Names of the Celts The origin of the various names used since classical times for the people known today as the Celts is obscure and has been controversial. In particular, aside from a first-century literary genealogy of Celtus the grandson of Bretannos by Heracles, there is no record of the term 'Celt' being used in connection with the inhabitants of the British
- Pronunciation of Celtic The origin of the various names used since classical times for the people known today as the Celts is obscure and has been controversial. In particular, aside from a first-century literary genealogy of Celtus the grandson of Bretannos by Heracles, there is no record of the term "Celt" being used in connection with the inhabitants of the
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Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:11:18 GMT+00:00
The Sun celtic legend John Hartson yesterday renewed his marriage vows - to celebrate winning his cancer battle. The Hoops hero, 35, had wed Sarah ...
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