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Celt
Celt Celt, n. [LL. celts a chisel.] (Arch[ae]ol.) A weapon or implement of stone or metal, found in the tumuli, or barrows, of the early Celtic nations.
Celt
Celt Celt, n. [L. Celtae, Gr. ?, ?, pl.: cf. W. Celtiad one that dwells in a covert, an inhabitant of the wood, a Celt, fr. celt covert, shelter, celu to hide.] One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France. [Written also Kelt. The letter C was pronounced hard in Celtic languages.]

Meaning of Celt from wikipedia

- of Britain and Ireland should be called Celts. In current scholarship, 'Celt' primarily refers to 'speakers of Celtic languages' rather than to a single...
- Constrained Energy Lapped Transform (CELT) is an open, royalty-free lossy audio compression format and a free software codec with especially low algorithmic...
- Look up celt, Celt, CELT, célt, or ceļt in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Celts were Iron Age inhabitants of Europe. Celt, Celts or Celtae may also...
- Afro Celt Sound System are a European and African group who fuse electronic music with traditional Gaelic and West African music. Afro Celt Sound System...
- In archaeology, a celt /ˈsɛlt/ is a long, thin, prehistoric, stone or bronze tool similar to an adze, hoe, or axe. A shoe-last celt was a polished stone...
- The Anglo-Celt (/ˈæŋɡloʊ ˈsɛlt/) is a w****ly local newspaper published every Thursday in Swellan, Cavan, Ireland, founded in 1846. It exclusively contains...
- The Britons (*Pritanī, Latin: Britanni), also known as Celtic Britons or Ancient Britons, were an indigenous Celtic people who inhabited Great Britain...
- The Celtiberians were a group of Celts and Celticized peoples inhabiting an area in the central-northeastern Iberian Peninsula during the final centuries...
- The Mighty Celt is a 2005 drama film set in Northern Ireland, written and directed by Pe**** Elliott. It stars Gillian Anderson, Robert Carlyle, Sean McGinley...
- Dawid Celt (Polish pronunciation: [ˈda.vit t͡sɛlt]; born 29 November 1985) is a Polish tennis coach, commentator and former player. He is the husband and...