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CELTIC LANGUAGE
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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 era
Synonyms:
Celtic; Celtic language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Celtic language" 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 language"):
Erse; Gaelic; Goidelic (any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland)