Ligures (singular Ligus or Ligur; English : Ligurians, Greek : Λίγυες), an ancient people who gave their name to Liguria
The four great branches of the Mediterranean stock were the Libyans or Berbers, the Ligurians, the Pelasgians and the Iberians.
and by the time of Strabo some authorities considered them a "mixed race" of Galli and Ligurians (hence Celtoligyes); by others a purely Celtic people, who subjugated the Ligures in the Provincia.