Baltic
Americanadjective
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of, near, or on the Baltic Sea.
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of or relating to the Baltic States.
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of or relating to a group of languages, as Latvian, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian, that constitute a branch of the Indo-European family.
noun
adjective
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denoting or relating to the Baltic Sea or the Baltic States
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of, denoting, or characteristic of Baltic as a group of languages
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informal extremely cold
noun
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a branch of the Indo-European family of languages consisting of Lithuanian, Latvian, and Old Prussian
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short for Baltic Sea
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Also called: Baltic Exchange. an international market for shipbrokers in the City of London: formerly housed in the Baltic Exchange building which was demolished after terrorist bomb damage in 1992
Other Word Forms
- trans-Baltic adjective
Example Sentences
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A humpback whale stranded on Germany's Baltic Sea coast since early this week has freed itself and swum into deeper waters, rescuers said Friday.
From Barron's
Even if the whale reaches the Baltic, rescuers believe it needs to swim on into the North Sea and then the Atlantic before it reaches its natural habitat.
From BBC
From the North and Baltic Seas in the West to the walls of the Kremlin in the east, the land is flat.
From BBC
Baltic air patrols were activated and Estonians received notifications on their phones warning of a "drone threat".
From BBC
In December 2024, Joseph took an Air Baltic flight to the Latvian capital Riga.
From BBC
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