Celtic

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)/:

• the European Celtic people, either ancient or Modern Celts
• the Celtic languages, descending from the Proto-Celtic language, spoken by these people and their modern descendants
• Celtic mythology
• the Celtici, Celts from ancient Lusitania (modern day Portugal). (See also Celtiberians for a Celtic people on the Iberian peninsula)
• Celtic music, referring to folk music that originated from "Celtic" cultures.
• Celtic art, cultural art that avoids straight lines and only occasionally uses symmetry, or knotwork that is typically recognizable by interlocking lines and figures.
• Celtic Christianity
• Celtic calendar

The following should only be pronounced /selt(ik)/:

• Celtic Football Club of Glasgow, Scotland
• Stalybridge Celtic Football Club of Stalybridge, England
• Lurgan Celtic Football Club of Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
• the Boston Celtics professional basketball team
• The celt is also a type of stone tool.

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