Celtic

The words Celt and Celtic (also Keltic) may refer to:

Ethno-linguistics

• Celts, an ethnolinguistic group of tribal societies in Iron Age and Medieval Europe who spoke Celtic languages
• Celts (modern), a modern cultural creation based on the older Celtic peoples
• Celtic languages
• Celtic nations, the modern territories in North-West Europe where Celtic languages and cultural traits have survived
• Celtic studies, the academic discipline which studies the various Celtic languages and cultures
• Proto-Celtic language

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Celtic Frost, a metal band from Zürich, Switzerland
• Celtic music
• The Celts (album), a 1992 album by Irish musician Enya
• The Celts (BBC documentary), a 1986 documentary series produced by the BBC on Celts

Sports

Football clubs

Predominantly, the term refers to Celtic F.C., the major Scottish football club. Other football clubs named Celtic include:

• Bangor Celtic F.C., Northern Irish
• Belfast Celtic F.C., Northern Irish, defunct
• Blantyre Celtic F.C., Scottish, defunct
• Bloemfontein Celtic F.C., South African
• Castlebar Celtic F.C., Irish
• Celtic F.C. (Jersey City), United States, defunct
• Celtic Nation F.C., English, defunct
• Cleator Moor Celtic F.C., English
• Cork Celtic F.C., Irish, defunct
• Cwmbran Celtic F.C., Welsh
• Derry Celtic F.C., Irish, defunct
• Donegal Celtic F.C., Northern Irish
• Dungiven Celtic F.C., Northern Irish, defunct
• Farsley Celtic A.F.C., English
• Leicester Celtic A.F.C., Irish
• Lurgan Celtic F.C., Northern Irish
• Stalybridge Celtic F.C., English
• Tuam Celtic A.F.C., Irish
• Walker Celtic F.C., English, defunct
• Wayside Celtic F.C., Irish
• West Allotment Celtic F.C., English

Other uses in sports

• Boston Celtics, an American professional basketball team
• Celtic boxing title, one of 3 "national titles" (British, English, Celtic) awarded by British Boxing Board of Control
• Dewsbury Celtic, an English rugby League club
• Oban Celtic, a Scottish shinty club

Other uses

• Celtic (ship), a number of ships
• Celt (tool), a type of stone tool
• Celtic button knot, a type of knot on a single rope that results in a spherical decorative stopper knot with hair braid / basket weave pattern
• Celtic Christianity
• Celtic mythology
• The US Secret Service code name for Joe Biden

See also

• Celtic culture (disambiguation)
• Celtici, a Celtic tribe or group of tribes of the Iberian peninsula
• Celticism (disambiguation)
• Celtos, a miniature wargame
• Names of the Celts