Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:

Language and ethnicity

*pertaining to

Celts The Celts (, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples () are. "CELTS location: Greater Europe time period: Second millennium B.C.E. to present ancestry: Celtic a collection of Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancien ...

, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **

Celts (modern) The modern Celts (, see pronunciation of ''Celt'') are a related group of ethnicities who share similar Celtic languages, cultures and artistic histories, and who live in or descend from one of the regions on the western extremities of Europe ...

Celtic languages The Celtic languages ( usually , but sometimes ) are a group of related languages descended from Proto-Celtic. They form a branch of the Indo-European language family. The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group by Edwar ...

Proto-Celtic language Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, is the ancestral proto-language of all known Celtic languages, and a descendant of Proto-Indo-European. It is not attested in writing but has been partly reconstructed through the comparative method. Proto-Celti ...

* Celtic music *

Celtic nations The Celtic nations are a cultural area and collection of geographical regions in Northwestern Europe where the Celtic languages and cultural traits have survived. The term ''nation'' is used in its original sense to mean a people who shar ...

Sports

Football clubs

Celtic F.C. The Celtic Football Club, commonly known as Celtic (), is a Scottish professional football club based in Glasgow, which plays in the Scottish Premiership. The club was founded in 1887 with the purpose of alleviating poverty in the immigran ...

, a Scottish professional football club based in Glasgow ** Celtic F.C. Women * Bangor Celtic F.C., Northern Irish, defunct * Belfast Celtic F.C., Northern Irish, defunct *

Blantyre Celtic F.C. Blantyre Celtic Football Club were a Scottish football club that played under the auspices of the Scottish Junior Football Association. Formed in 1914 as Blantyre United, they changed their name to Blantyre Celtic two years later. Their home g ...

, Scottish, defunct *

Bloemfontein Celtic F.C. Bloemfontein Celtic Football Club (simply known as Celtic) is a South African amateur football club based in Bloemfontein that competes in the ABC Motsepe League, the third tier of the South African football league system. Bloemfontein Celtic h ...

, South African *

Castlebar Celtic F.C. Castlebar Celtic F.C. ( ga, Cumann Peile Caisleán an Bharraigh Ceiltigh) is an Irish association football club based in Castlebar, County Mayo. They currently play in the Mayo Association Football League. They have previously fielded teams i ...

, Irish * Celtic F.C. (Jersey City), United States, defunct * Celtic FC America, from Houston, Texas * Celtic Nation F.C., English, defunct *

Cleator Moor Celtic F.C. Cleator Moor Celtic Football Club is a football club based in Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England. The club are currently members of the and play at McGrath Park, on Birks Road, Cleator Moor. History Association Football arrived late in the West ...

, English *

Cork Celtic F.C. Cork Celtic F.C., originally Evergreen United F.C., was an Irish football club based in Cork. They played in the League of Ireland between 1951 and 1979 and played their home games at Turners Cross. In 1974, they were League of Ireland champ ...

, 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 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. Tuam Celtic A.F.C. is an List of association football clubs in the Republic of Ireland, Irish association football club based in Tuam, County Galway. Their senior men's currently competes in the Galway & District League. The club also operates ...

, Irish * Walker Celtic F.C., English, defunct * Wayside Celtic F.C., Irish *

West Allotment Celtic F.C. West Allotment Celtic Football Club is a football club who currently play their home games at East Palmersville Sports Pavilion, Palmersville, near Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. History Formed in 1928 in West Allotment, a village in North Ty ...

, English

Other uses in sports

Celtic Camogie Club Celtic is a camogie club, winner of the Dublin Championship on 12 occasions and the inaugural winner of the All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship in 1964.. Dublin did not send a representative in 1965, so they did not defend their title. ...

, Dublin, Ireland * Celtic de Paris, a French rugby league team * Boston Celtics, an American professional basketball team *

Dewsbury Celtic Dewsbury Celtic is a rugby league club in the town of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. They play in the NCL Division Two after gaining promotion from Division Three in the Autumn of 2019. They followed this promotion with a tour of Australia, facin ...

, an English rugby League club *

Oban Celtic Oban Celtic (; ) is a shinty team from Oban, Argyll, Scotland. The club won South Division One in 2016. History The Club was founded in 1927 due to a plethora of players being available who could not get a game for either the senior or the junior ...

, a Scottish shinty club

Other uses

* ''Celtic'' (ship), the name of several ships *"Celtic", U.S.

Secret Service code name The United States Secret Service uses code names for U.S. presidents, first ladies, and other prominent persons and locations. The use of such names was originally for security purposes and dates to a time when sensitive electronic communicati ...

for Joe Biden

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