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)/:

• Celt, European Celtic people, either ancient or Modern Celts
• 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 calendar
• Celtic Christianity
• Celtic Congress seeks to promote the Celtic languages in the Celtic nations.
• Celtic horoscope
• Celtic languages, descending from the Proto-Celtic language, spoken by these people and their modern descendants
• Celtic law
• Celtic League (political organisation)
• Celtic League (rugby union)
• Celtic music, referring to folk music that originated from "Celtic" cultures.
• Celtic mythology, Celtic polytheism, Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism and a List of Celtic deities.
• Celtic nations Ireland, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany.
• Celtic Sea
• Celtic Studies, an academic discipline associated with the study of Celtic language, history and culture
• Celtiberians for a Celtic people on the Iberian peninsula
• Celtici, Celts from ancient Lusitania (modern day Portugal).
• Pan-Celticism

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

• Boston Celtics professional basketball team in the U.S.A.
• Celtic F.C. of Glasgow, Scotland
• 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

• 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.