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
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In recent years there have been a number of incidents in the Baltic Sea where underwater cables have been damaged or completely cut.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
It was 02:03 am on 26 September 2022 when the first blast severed part of the Nord Stream pipelines, sending vast quantities of gas gushing through the surface of the Baltic Sea.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Even so, seasonal changes in the Mediterranean, Red, North, Baltic, and Barents seas each make smaller contributions to the movement of Earth's center.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
He was sent, instead, to a disciplinary Siberia—in his case a Baltic port in Lithuania—where he was tasked with extracting information from Western sailors and businessman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The wind off the Baltic was making her hair fly around.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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