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celts

/sɛlts/

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What does celts mean?

noun

  1. plural of celt
  2. plural of Celt

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IPA pronunciation

/sɛlts/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/kɛlts/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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It is a general belief in many races that the stone axes and celts fell from the heavens.
Ignatius DonnellyRagnarok : the Age of Fire and GravelProject Gutenberg ebook #5109
Honour to the miller of Mona and his wife; and honour to the kind hospitable Celts in general!
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
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These are implements of various kinds, flakes, arrow-heads, scrapers, celts, and pottery, doubtless intended to be of service to the deceased.
Emory Adams AllenThe Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished RacesProject Gutenberg ebook #2873
Excavations have brought to light more than six hundred celts or knives, generally of smaller size than those found in Denmark or France.
Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, marquis de NadaillacManners and Monuments of Prehistoric PeoplesTranslated by N. D'AnversProject Gutenberg ebook #3309
So, too, the ancient Celts are said to have destroyed the life of an enemy by allowing his waxen image to melt before the fire.
VariousThe Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915Project Gutenberg ebook #987