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)/:
- Celt, European Celtic people, either ancient or Modern Celts
- Celtic languages, descending from the Proto-Celtic language, spoken by these people and their modern descendants
- Celtici, Celts from ancient Lusitania (modern day Portugal).
- Celtiberians for a Celtic people on the Iberian peninsula
- Celtic mythology, Celtic polytheism, Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism and a List of Celtic deities.
- Celtic horoscope
- 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 law
- Celtic calendar
- Celtic nations Ireland, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany.
- Celtic Congress Seeks to promote the Celtic languages in the Celtic nations.
- Celtic League (political organisation)
- Celtic League (rugby union)
- Pan-Celticism
- Celtic Sea
- Celtic Christianity
The following should only be pronounced /selt(ik)/:
- Celtic F.C. of Glasgow, Scotland (formerly known as Glasgow Celtic)
- Oban Celtic a shinty club from Oban, Scotland
- Bloemfontein Celtic
- Belfast Celtic Football Club former Irish/Northern Irish football team
- Donegal Celtic Football Club Northern Irish football team
- Farsley Celtic AFC of Farsley (near Leeds), West Yorkshire, England
- Stalybridge Celtic Football Club of Stalybridge (near Manchester), England
- Lurgan Celtic Football Club of Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
- Boston Celtics professional basketball team in the U.S.A.
- Celt (tool), a type of stone tool.
- Cleator Moor Celtic Football Club (Amateur) of Cleator Moor, Cumbria. England and Liverpool goalkeeper Scott Carson, currently on loan at Charlton Athletic, began his career at the club.
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