Celtic Nationalism - The Term 'Celts'

The Term 'Celts'

See also: Modern Celts and Celts

There is some controversy surrounding the term Celts one such example was the Celtic league's Galician crisis. This was a debate over the region Galicia should be admitted. The application was rejected on the basis of language.

Organisations such as the Celtic Congress and the Celtic League use the definition that a 'Celtic nation' is a nation with recent history of a traditional Celtic language.

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