Celtiberian

British  

/ -taɪ-, ˌsɛl-, ˌkɛltɪˈbɪərɪən /

noun

1. a member of a Celtic people ( Celtiberi ) who inhabited the Iberian peninsula during classical times

2. the extinct language of this people, possibly belonging to the Celtic branch of the Indo-European family, recorded in a number of inscriptions

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Example Sentences

Iron Age Iberians could trace some of their ancestry to new waves of people arriving from northern and Central Europe, possibly marking the rise of so-called Celtiberian culture on the peninsula.

From New York Times

If so, they may be Iberian, or what is commonly called Celtiberian, a term which I think there is reason for abandoning.

From Project Gutenberg

Turdentani and Turduli, forming permanent settlements and being still powerful there in Roman times; and in northern central Spain, from the mixture of Celts with the native Iberians, the population henceforward was called Celtiberian.

From Project Gutenberg

Originally inhabited by the Vacceos, a Celtiberian tribe, it was one of the last fortresses to succumb to Roman arms, having joined Numantia in the terrible war waged by Spaniards and which has become both legendary and universal.

From Project Gutenberg

The Roman military road from Tarragon to Astorga passed through the Rioja, and Calahorra, a Celtiberian stronghold slightly to the south, was conquered by the invaders after as sturdy a resistance as that of Numantia itself.

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