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Definition of celts

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 celts from wikipedia

- The Celts (/kɛlts/ kelts, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples (/ˈkɛltɪk/ KEL-tick) were a collection of Indo-European peoples in...
- The modern Celts (/kɛlts/ KELTS, see pronunciation of Celt) are a related group of ethnicities who share similar Celtic languages, cultures and artistic...
- Records in the UK and by Atlantic Records in the US. It was renamed as The Celts for the 1992 international re-release of the album by WEA Records in Europe...
- Celts were Iron Age inhabitants of Europe. Celt, Celts or Celtae may also refer to: Celts (modern) Celtic languages Celtic nations Names of the Celts...
- to have belonged to an overall ethnic identity called by them generally Celts. Some of the main authors, such as Julius Caesar, explicitly state that...
- various names used since classical times for the people known today as the Celts are of disparate origins. The names Κελτοί (Keltoí) and Celtae are used...
- The Celtiberians were a group of Celts and Celticized peoples inhabiting an area in the central-northeastern Iberian Peninsula during the final centuries...
- but little is definitively known about them. Greco-Roman writers said the Celts held ceremonies in sacred groves and other natural shrines, called nemetons...
- 1707, following Paul-Yves Pezron, who made the explicit link between the Celts described by classical writers and the Welsh and Breton languages. During...
- "The Celts" is a song by the Irish musician Enya, from her 1987 album Enya. It originally served as the B-side to the single "I Want Tomorrow", released...