Example sentences for: celtic

How can you use “celtic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • While heath, heather , and ling represent the Germanic input into English, only grig (Cornish) has made it directly from Celtic into English.

  • Being a Celtic nation, the Cornish cleave naturally to vivid descriptions.

  • Penrith and Blencathra are also Celtic names, established during this early period of settlement.

  • The Celtic names grug and fraoch apparently come from Old Celtic v-roikos , which is cognate (or so says Klein's Etymological Dictionary ) with Latin brucus , meaning `maned or bristled.

  • Little is known about the kingdom, though it is documented that at this time the Celtic monks St. Kentigern and St. Herbert introduced Christianity to the region.


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