Baltic Sea

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noun

a sea in N Europe, bounded by Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Germany. About 160,000 sq. mi. (414,000 sq. km).

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Words nearby Baltic Sea

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How to use Baltic Sea in a sentence

The Russian Air Force also flew additional sorties over the Baltic Sea with tactical strike fighters on Oct. 29.
Are Russian Bombers Flying Nuclear Drills Near Europe—Or Just Testing NATO’s Defenses?|Dave Majumdar|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This, then, was the party when we first settled down into our two months' camp on the island in the Baltic Sea.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
A great glacier extended southward, obliterating the Baltic Sea and crowding into northern Germany.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe|John M. Tyler
It breeds in the marshes around the Baltic Sea, placing its nest of dead vegetation on the highest parts of the marsh.
The Bird Book|Chester A. Reed

During the early months of the war the Baltic Sea was Germany's own domain.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 4 (of 10)|James Edward Parrott
They have caught about seventy submarines and some of them are now destroying German ships in the Baltic Sea.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II|Burton J. Hendrick

British Dictionary definitions for Baltic Sea

Baltic Sea

noun

a sea in N Europe, connected with the North Sea by the Skagerrak, Kattegat, and Öresund; shallow, with low salinity and small tides

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Cultural definitions for Baltic Sea

Baltic Sea

Sea in Europe bordered by Russia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to the east, Germany and Poland to the south, and Scandinavia to the north and west; connected to several large gulfs and to the North Sea by straits around Denmark.