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Celtic Nations

The Six Celtic Nations are the areas of the British Isles and France where some Celtic heritage has survived. How many can you name?
Guess either the English or Celtic name
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Last updated: December 10, 2015
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First submittedJanuary 16, 2014
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Celtic Name
English Name
Breizh
Brittany
Kernow
Cornwall
Éire
Ireland
Mannin
Isle of Man
Alba
Scotland
Cymru
Wales
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Level 43
Jan 20, 2014
The flower of the free, the heather, the heather

The Bretons and Scots, and Irish together

The Manx and the Welsh, and Cornish forever

Six nations are we, proud Celtic and free!

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Level 92
Dec 11, 2015
I thought Galicia in Spain was part of the group?
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Level 78
Jan 18, 2016
I think that while Galicia has celtic heritage, it is not counted among the Celtic Nations because they lost their language centuries ago.
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Level 83
Mar 17, 2016
Galician is a Romance language, though. Even if it retains the odd word of Celtic ancestry.
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Level 40
Mar 18, 2016
They used to have a living celtic language, but it disappeared with the rise of gallego. So nobody said gallego was a dead language.
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Level 77
Jul 1, 2022
It would make a lot of sense if the description were updated to mention that this is based on having a Celtic language. Galicia definitely still has Celtic culture. It’s sometimes called “the seventh” Celtic nation!
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Level 78
Feb 23, 2024
Yes, I agree. Been to Galicia and they identify as Celtic.
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Level 71
Mar 17, 2016
A research team at Oxford University has found the majority of Britons are Celts descended from Spanish tribes who began arriving about 7,000 years ago.

Even in England, about 64 per cent of people are descended from these Celts, outnumbering the descendants of Anglo- Saxons by about three to one.

Read more: http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/we-re-nearly-all-celts-under-the-skin-1-1141420#ixzz43A82dCan

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Level 59
Mar 17, 2016
Apparently I can name one: Ireland. Well done, self.
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Level 55
Mar 17, 2016
And with that username?! You should be ashamed! (I'm kidding, no worries!).
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Level 59
Mar 18, 2016
I know, that makes it worse! LOL
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Level 66
Oct 19, 2019
Wow shocked at the results! People apparently dont really know anything about celtic languages/tribes etc. I thought it was very popular (you often find references in fiction and games, but also things named after it. And very popular for tatoos and other graphic things. Also a bit like the fascination people had with ancient egypt or atlantis. Or I guess with norse mythology )>

Scotland and wales were actually the last ones I thought of (think my order was breton, manx, cornwall, ireland scotland.. long pause, wales.)

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Level 74
Mar 24, 2021
Mine was Wales, Cornwall, Brittany, Mann, Scotland, Ireland
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Level 59
Jul 1, 2022
Brittany, Ireland, Cornwall, Wales, Mann, (tried Galicia), Scotland.
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Level 65
Aug 25, 2023
Prob bc people outside of the British Isles (aka mostly the U.S.) don't really know about Cornwall, Brittany, and the Isle of Man
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Level 81
Mar 17, 2020
https://intheknowtraveler.com/visit-celtic-portugal/

Portugal has a strong and surviving Celtic culture, too.

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Level 70
Mar 17, 2020
Really? You surprise me - their language certainly isn't Celtic.
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Level 81
Mar 17, 2020
Neither is English
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Level 79
Mar 17, 2020
England isn't on this quiz.
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Level 28
Mar 17, 2020
It's not only Galicia but also Asturias that was an important Celtic settlement and one of the regions were Celts were more relevant at that time was Avila. Avila has still a lot of Celtic monuments, but the problem is that with the Roman invasion the Celts left Avila and moved to Galicia and Asturias.
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Level 88
May 14, 2020
Asturias Galicia Cantabria
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Level 53
Jan 18, 2021
All don't have living celtic languages.
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Level 74
Mar 24, 2021
In the description language is not mentioned as a criterium
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Level 55
Apr 17, 2021
"areas of the british isles and france"
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Level 48
Jul 2, 2022
I mean tbf most of Europe was Celtic at one point
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Level 83
Jan 31, 2024
Yes, England was pretty much wholly Celtic for a bit, and some outposts like Elmet retained a (Christianised) Celtic culture against the Saxons for a surprisingly long time. But not any more, obviously, except maybe in Ben Rhydding and the fringe theory that King Arthur came from Barwick-in-Elmet.
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Level 66
Oct 1, 2021
In Latin, Scotland is most often referred to as Scotia. Like for example Nova Scotia means New Scotland.

But it has also been referred to in Latin as Albania, which probably is derived from Alba, or wise versa. Cities like Albany, New York, comes from "Albania". It of course refers to Scotland, and not the country in Europe or the region in the Caucasus.

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Level 54
Jul 1, 2022
This makes more sense as to why as Gaeilge, Scotland is Albain
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Level 75
Jul 1, 2022
And the word 'Scotia' comes from 'Scotti' which is the name given by the Romans to the people who lived in 'Hibernia' (ireland). The 'Pictii' were the people who lived in 'Alba'. It was the settling of the country over the years by 'Irish' who brought the Gaelic language with them that gave it the name 'Scotland' (Land of the Irish). The Pictii spoke the Brythonic language spoken all over the rest of Britain.
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Level 48
Jul 1, 2022
i'm italian and i didn't remember the Cornwall translation... damn
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Level 34
Apr 15, 2023
Nice quiz! Also, it got me to level 30!