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Meanings of celtic language in English

Portuguese
celta
Catalan
cèltic

A branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era.

celta
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Examples for "Celtic"
Examples for "Celtic"
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He is correct in that its origin is the Celtic New Year.
The Irish Times
2
I was asked to deliver a talk for Celtic on Sunday morning.
The Irish Times
3
The stone, in truth, seems the natural symbol of the Celtic races.
Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian
4
It will mention the EU Constitution, the North and the Celtic Tiger.
The Irish Times
5
And in that field-it is quite small-is a Celtic cross that says:
The gathering
Usage of celtic language in English
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In what parts of the British Isles are Celtic languages still spoken?
Early European History
2
Scatty sighed and muttered something in an ancient Celtic language.
The Magician
3
The word "gars" pronounced "ga" is a relic of the Celtic language.
The Chouans
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The descendants of the old Celtic peoples have not kept up the Celtic languages to any great extent.
The World War and What was Behind It; Or, The Story of the Map o...
5
Even to-day a variety of the old Celtic language, called Cymric, is still spoken by the Welsh people.
Early European History
6
Oxley shouted, or chanted, it's hard to tell with these Celtic languages, another phrase and again Lady Ty translated.
Broken Homes
7
The Bill will determine the future of broadcasting for Celtic languages in Britain and Northern Ireland for the foreseeable future.
The Irish Times
8
So Celtic art can give the impression of being the artistic expression of all the peoples speaking the Celtic language.
The Irish Times
9
Celtic language in Gaul and Britain, 14, 26.
The Romanization of Roman Britain
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The Celtic languages are dying out, but they have left us something which will last so long as our literature lasts.
English Literature for Boys and Girls
11
Gussmann's Celtic languages programme survives at the Catholic University of Lublin to this day, partly funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
The Irish Times
12
It is much more difficult for an English speaker to learn a Celtic language than a linguistically closer language like Spanish or Swedish.
The Irish Times
13
They resembled the Britons in speaking a Celtic tongue; but it was a Gaelic and not a Cymric form of the Celtic language.
Critiques and Addresses
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There was found, for instance, at Vaison in the Vocontian canton an inscription written in the Celtic language with the ordinary Greek alphabet.
The History of Rome, Book V / The Establishment of the Military ...
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As Wilamowitz reminds us, it was the Roman legions, not Virgil and Horace, that stamped out the Celtic languages and romanised Western Europe.
The War and Democracy
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"Birdmen," Scathach muttered, and then added a curse in the ancient Celtic language of her youth.
The Alchemyst
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