Celtiberian
Britishnoun
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a member of a Celtic people ( Celtiberi ) who inhabited the Iberian peninsula during classical times
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the extinct language of this people, possibly belonging to the Celtic branch of the Indo-European family, recorded in a number of inscriptions
Example Sentences
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The young Celtiberian continued telling of the customs.
From Sónnica by Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente
My grandfather was a freedman from Sicily who came to take charge of a pottery and married a Celtiberian from the interior.
From Sónnica by Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente
Perhaps, too, there is a Celtic element,—at least such is the inference from the term Celtiberian.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
Act�on contracted a great friendship with Alorcus the Celtiberian.
From Sónnica by Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente
The Greek saw them break up into groups, running in all directions after the Celtiberian, who had disappeared a few steps distant from the hostelry as if dissolved into the shadow of the night.
From Sónnica by Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente
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