Baltic

American  

[bawl-tik] / ˈbɔl tɪk /

adjective

1. of, near, or on the Baltic Sea.

2. of or relating to the Baltic States.

3. of or relating to a group of languages, as Latvian, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian, that constitute a branch of the Indo-European family.

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noun

1. the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.

Baltic British  

/ ˈbɔːltɪk /

adjective

1. denoting or relating to the Baltic Sea or the Baltic States

2. of, denoting, or characteristic of Baltic as a group of languages

3. informal extremely cold

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noun

1. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages consisting of Lithuanian, Latvian, and Old Prussian

2. short for Baltic Sea

3. 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

A global market leader in land drones is the tiny Baltic nation of Estonia.

From The Wall Street Journal

Russia suspended its campaign in Ukraine and quickly moved on the Baltics.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I feel it is a necessity," says Krivunecs, president of Latvia's top-flight Virsliga, who is proposing a 'Baltic League' he hopes would also include Estonia and Lithuania.

From BBC

On a visit to British forces in northern Norway, she said the alliance should establish a combined operation - known as Arctic Sentry - to defend the region, just as it does in the Baltic Sea.

From BBC

Cooper was briefed on the Turva offshore patrol vessel which two weeks ago detained a cargo vessel called the Fitburg suspected of damaging an undersea cable in the Baltic Sea by dragging its anchor.

From BBC