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What is a Celtic and why is the team from Boston named after them?
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The Celts were various peoples who lived across Europe when the Roman Empire was expanding. The common factor between the tribal groups was the Celtic family of languages. The region where Celtic languages still have the strongest presence is Scotland, Wales, part of France, and Ireland.
NBA.com gives the following reason for how the Boston Celtics got their name: Team founder Walter Brown thought of an earlier Basketball team from New York named the Celtics and figured since Boston had a large Irish population, the Celtics was a great name to use again. The moniker stuck.
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