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Celtiberian

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Celt·i·ber·i·an  (klt-br-n, sl-)
n.
1. One of an ancient Celtic people of northern Spain.
2. The language of this people, known from place and personal names and from inscriptions.
adj.
Of or relating to the Celtiberians or to their language or culture.

Celtiberian [ˌkɛltɪˈbɪərɪən -taɪ- ˌsɛl-]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) (Historical Terms) a member of a Celtic people (Celtiberi) who inhabited the Iberian peninsula during classical times
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the extinct language of this people, possibly belonging to the Celtic branch of the Indo-European family, recorded in a number of inscriptions
Translations
Celtiberian [ˌkeltaɪˈbɪərɪən]
A. ADJceltibérico
B. Nceltíbero/a m/f


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He shows how some 85 inscriptions from about 750-450 BC closely resemble the Celtiberian spoken in east-central Spain, Gaulish across the Pyrenees, and the insular Celtic languages still spoken across what is now the English Channel.
The writer Strabo, tells us how Celtiberians worshipped an unnamed God at full moon; ?
It is recorded in many places that Milesians came from Iberia between 1500 BC and 500 BC just as the Spanish Armada later dumped a lot of Celtiberians into the genetic mix of Scotland and Ireland in more recent times.
 
 
 
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