Baltic Sea

American  

noun

1. 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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Baltic Sea British  

noun

1. 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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Baltic Sea Cultural  

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

Several attempts were made to get the whale - nicknamed "Timmy" and "Hope" - back into the North Sea, after it got stuck in the Baltic Sea in March.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Both had been principal conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and also worked together on the summer Baltic Sea Festival that Salonen created with the orchestra.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

In Germany, the whale was first seen on the sandbank near the city of Luebeck, on Germany's Baltic Sea coast, before freeing itself but then becoming stuck again several times.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Conspiracy theories surfaced online that the whale had been deliberately driven into the Baltic Sea and all had been staged by a cabal of scientists, authorities and environmental organisations.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

I watched refugees cross the ice and continue their trek down the narrow strip of land between the lagoon and the Baltic Sea.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys