Celtic

Celtic
Celtically, adv.
/kel"tik, sel"-/, n.
1. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including esp. Irish, Scots Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, which survive now in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, Wales, and Brittany. Abbr.: Celt
adj.
2. of the Celts or their languages.
Also, Keltic.
[1600-10; < L Celticus, equiv. to Celt(ae) the Celts (see CELT) + -icus -IC]

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