Anglo-Celtic
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Anglo-Celtic people are those descended primarily from the peoples of the British Isles: the English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh. The concept is mainly relevant outside of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, particularly in Australia; however, it is also used in Canada, the United States, New Zealand and South Africa, where a significant diaspora is located.
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Anglo-Celtic people are those descended primarily from the peoples of the British Isles: the English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh. The concept is mainly relevant outside of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, particularly in Australia; however, it is also used in Canada, the United States, New Zealand and South Africa, where a significant diaspora is located.
== Origins == The term is a combination of the combining form Anglo- and the adjective Celtic. Anglo-, meaning English is derived from the Angles, a Germanic people who settled in Britain (mainly in what is now England) in the middle of the first millennium. The name England ( or ) originates from these people. Celtic, in this context, refers to the people of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, the Isle of Man and Cornwall.
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