(a.) Of or pertaining to the Gael, esp. to the Celtic Highlanders of Scotland; as, the Gaelic language.
(n.) The language of the Gaels, esp. of the Highlanders of Scotland. It is a branch of the Celtic.
Example Sentences:
(1) Irish (Gaelic) is the first official language of Ireland.
(2) They are not just saying, 'This is Gaelic so I should like it.'"
(3) An applicant could seek a declaration that it was contrary to the Belfast agreement.” Sinn Féin wants the act to be a “standalone”, meaning it would only concern the rights of Irish speakers and giving the Gaelic language equality in law with English.
(4) Sinn Féin wants an Irish Language Act to be a “standalone” one, which means that the legislation would only concern the rights of Irish speakers and the issue of putting the Gaelic language on an equal par in law to English.
(5) The census also suggests that recent efforts by successive Scottish governments to invest in Gaelic schools may be saving the language from decline.
(6) We’ve gone to watch Gaelic football and hurling, and to Irish bars.
(7) Coming from a culturally nationalist Scottish background with a Gaelic speaking father, I don’t have any difficulty understanding the appeal of independence, let alone the demands for social justice and democratic accountability that are swelling support for it.
(8) That said, I was recently told that the gaelic for whiskey ( uisce beatha ) means “water of life”, which makes me wonder if I shouldn’t be so quick to judge.
(9) Unfortunately, the DUP maintained their position in relation to blocking equality, delivery of equality for citizens - that was the problem.” The Sinn Féin leader in Northern Ireland was referring in particular to issues such as her party’s demand for an Irish Language Act to give Gaelic the same legal power as English in the region.
(10) He knew some people would think he was taking a risk in making his film in Gaelic.
(11) Gaelic Singer and chief executive Feisean nan Gdheal.
(12) After all, doesn't the Scottish government already part-fund the Gaelic channel, BBC Alba ?
(13) He spoke to them in Gaelic, guided them to the house, then took to his tree.
(14) At the same time he took on the editing, with Robert Crawford, of the massive New Penguin Book of Scottish Verse (2000), with its abundance of poems in Gaelic, and a handful of other languages, faced by distinguished English translations.
(15) The Ulster Unionist leader, Mike Nesbitt, condemned the threat to Campbell as well as the DUP MP’s attitude towards Gaelic.
(16) We also decided to put the sketches in Gaelic to give it a proper rural Ireland feel, so Tom Cruise became Thomás Crúise and twerking "ag twearchach".
(17) Funding for the SBS will come from Scotland's share of licence fee income (£320m a year) and BBC commercial arm BBC Worldwide's profits (£13m), plus £12m annually provided by the Scottish government for Gaelic broadcasting.
(18) The music policy – The Proclaimers' 500 Miles, followed by Van Morrison's Brown-Eyed Girl, followed by The Proclaimers' 500 Miles – has stayed unchanged for years now, as has its dress code: check shirts for boys, Gaelic football jerseys for girls.
(19) Though their genepool has been modified to some extent by immigrant genes, it is suggested that the Orcadians represent the remains of a relict population, in the same way as, but different from, those of the Gaelic fringe.
(20) At Glasgow's Thistle Hotel on Friday night a 22-piece Gaelic choir sang Highland Cathedral.
Owen
Definition:
(a.) Own.
Example Sentences:
(1) When reformist industrialist Robert Owen set about creating a new community among the workers in his New Lanark cotton-spinning mills at the turn of the nineteenth century, it was called socialism, not corporate social responsibility.
(2) I think it would have been appropriate and right and respectful of people’s feelings to have done so.” There was also confusion over Labour policy sparked by conflicting comments made by Corbyn and his new shadow work and pensions secretary, Owen Smith.
(3) Photograph: Owen Gibson Yet for those who challenge authority through their words or actions, retribution is swift.
(4) I would like to place on record our sincere thanks to Owen, Sandy Stewart [Coyle's assistant] and Steve Davis [coach] for all their hard work during their time at Bolton Wanderers."
(5) Meantime, while we wouldn't want to you panic, Owen Gibson says vuvuzelas may be on their way to the Premier League .
(6) David Owen chose the weekend of the Lib Dem conference to offer his personal advice about the AV referendum.
(7) Britain is still sending regular reinforcements across the Atlantic, from the new Spider-Man signing ( Tom Holland from Surrey ), to the actors who have recently snatched real-life national archetypes like Abraham Lincoln ( Daniel Day-Lewis ), Ernest Hemingway (Clive Owen) and Martin Luther King (David Oyelowo ) from the grasp of American stars.
(8) Owen also agreed to exclude other documents that examined whether UK officials could have done more to prevent the murder.
(9) Read Rachel’s full story Facebook Twitter Pinterest Chris Owen: ‘I’ve been sober for six years now, and I don’t miss alcohol.’ Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian I spent my 20s playing Russian roulette with alcohol The NHS has been there time and time again for Chris Owen, who battled alcoholism throughout his 20s.
(10) It was alleged in 2012 that Barlow, Donald, Owen and Wild invested at least £26 million in a scheme run by Icebreaker Management.
(11) What surprised me in the last few days is that we have not had any calls for unity from Owen Smith ,” a spokesman said.
(12) Curb them, now | Owen Jones Read more The inquiry followed findings by the education charity the Sutton Trust in 2016, which showed that the UK’s most high-profile jobs – from the entertainment industry to politics and journalism – were disproportionately populated by alumni of private schools and Oxbridge .
(13) In the song Christmas and Owen argue that if women were a Pot Noodle it would be "farewell to nagging and random tantrums".
(14) Although the company did not state who would take over from DeWolfe as its chief executive, reports suggest that the former Facebook executive Owen Van Natta is being lined up.
(15) First, Owen doesn’t mention the most common explanation for this rightwards movement, but it still seems true that, as many people grow older, not only do they lose the brave idealism of their youth, they come to feel they have much more to lose, far more invested in conserving the status quo: homes and property, maybe shares and savings, children etc.
(16) Owens took issue at those who might take offense at her shirt.
(17) Lord Owen, who was health secretary for Labour in the mid-1970s before co-founding the SDP, said it would be impossible to take the NHS back to its original purpose unless the UK votes to leave in the June referendum.
(18) Peter Owen, the Wilderness Society’s South Australia director, said: “An oil spill in the Great Australian Bight from a deep-sea well blowout would be a disaster for fisheries, tourism and marine life.
(19) Those who remember the Two Davids of the 1987 SDP-Liberal Alliance will recall the exquisite agony only too well, cruelly captured by the Spitting Image puppet of little Steel perched in big Owen's pocket.
(20) Executives from Facebook, Twitter and RIM will be joined by Lynn Owens, the assistant commissioner of central operations at the Met police, members of the association of chief police officers, and civil servants from both the foreign office and the department for culture, media and sport.