Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of an ancient Celtic people of northern Spain.
- noun The language of this people, known from place and personal names and from inscriptions.
- adjective Of or relating to the Celtiberians or to their language or culture.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to Celtiberia and its inhabitants, the Celtiberi, an ancient people of Spain formed by a union of Celts and Iberians.
- noun A member of the dominant race of ancient Celtiberia, a region in central Spain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of the river Iberus).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A
Celtic people ofHallstatt culture living in theIberian Peninsula , chiefly in what is now north central Spain, before and during theRoman Empire . - proper noun An
extinct Indo-European language of theCeltic branch spoken by theCeltiberians in an area of the Iberian Peninsula lying between the headwaters of the Duero,Tajo , Júcar and Turia rivers and theEbro river. - noun A member of this people.
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Examples
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But after the Romans occupied their territories, speakers of Gaulish and Celtiberian, major Continental Celtic languages, gradually came to speak Latin instead.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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But after the Romans occupied their territories, speakers of Gaulish and Celtiberian, major Continental Celtic languages, gradually came to speak Latin instead.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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It is worth mentioning that only a dead language that no longer has people that regard this language as their mother tongue can have a complete word listing for example, Latin, ancient Greek, Iberian and Celtiberian languages, etc.
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The same conical cap belonged to the Lord of the Underworld in Celtiberian pagan imagery.
Archive 2008-03-01 Jan 2008
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Or Goicosenas, decurio of the Vardullian cavalry who comes from a Celtiberian tribe speaking a Basque dialect Goikoetxea.
Character names in historical fiction Carla 2006
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The lady was such a person as Scipio might well be supposed to give away, without any great effort of generosity; and indeed the Celtiberian prince seemed to be of that opinion; for, upon receiving her from the hand of the victor, he discovered none of those transports of gratitude and joy which Livy describes in recounting this event.
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No Celtiberian or Lusitanian welcomed the Roman presence in Spain; every Celtiberian and Lusitanian realized that Rome was in Spain only to exploit the country's riches.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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He liked the sensation of a fugitive existence; it carried an extra dimension of real life with it, and reminded him slightly of the days when he had posed as a Celtiberian warrior of some outlandish tribe in order to go spying among the Germans.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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Young Cato was probably too amazed to wave back; there would be few in Sulla's temporary dwelling with the time to make overtures of friendship to a poor little storky boy who was the descendant of a Tusculan squire and a Celtiberian slave.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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The Spanish army was just that, forty thousand Lusitanian and Celtiberian tribesmen whom Sertorius and Hirtuleius had painfully but successfully trained to fight like Roman legions.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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