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Celtic
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The words '''Celt''' and '''Celtic''' can have a variety of meanings.
Sometimes a pronunciation distinction is maintained - see
Pronunciation of Celtic. The following may be pronounced either /kelt(ik)/ or /selt(ik)/, but in academic use there is a clear preference for /kelt(ik)/:
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Celt European Celtic people, either ancient or
Modern Celts
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Celtic languages, descending from the
Proto-Celtic language, spoken by these people and their modern descendants
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Celtic mythology
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Celtici, Celts from ancient Lusitania (modern day Portugal). (See also
Celtiberians for a Celtic people on the Iberian peninsula)
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Celtic music, referring to folk music that originated from "Celtic" cultures.
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Celtic art, cultural art that avoids straight lines and only occasionally uses symmetry, or ''knotwork'' that is typically recognizable by interlocking lines and figures.
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Celtic Christianity
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Celtic calendar
The following should only be pronounced /selt(ik)/:
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Celtic F.C. Celtic Football Club of Glasgow, Scotland
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Stalybridge Celtic F.C. Stalybridge Celtic Football Club of Stalybridge, England
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Lurgan Celtic F.C. Lurgan Celtic Football Club of Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
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Boston Celtics professional basketball team
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Celt (tool), a type of stone tool.
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