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CELTIC

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Celtic; Celtic language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Celtic" is a kind of...):

Indo-European; Indo-European language; Indo-Hittite (the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Celtic"):

Erse; Gaelic; Goidelic (any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland)

Brittanic; Brythonic (a southern group of Celtic languages)

Derivation:

Celtic (relating to or characteristic of the Celts)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Relating to or characteristic of the Celtsplay

Synonyms:

Celtic; Gaelic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Celt (a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times)

Derivation:

Celt (a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times)

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

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