Gael: alternatives and connections

Scotland; esp. the Highlands of Scotland.

The language of the Armoricans, a Celtic dialect which has remained to the present times.

One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hind…

Befitting an athlete; strong; muscular; robust; vigorous; as, athletic Celts.

A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland.

A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic ach…

A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a…

Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi…

Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue.

A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language.

To render Celtic; to assimilate to the Celts.

The fiery cross, used as a rallying signal in the Highlands of Scotland.

A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly i…

A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander.

One of an order of priests which in ancient times existed among certain branches of the Celtic race, especially among the Gauls and Br…

A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; -- called, by the Highlanders, Gael…

Of or pertaining to that division of the Celtic languages, which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx.

A boy or young man; a manservant; a male attendant, in the Scottish Highlands.