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).

---

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

---

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.

---

Example Sentences

The waste currently cooled in water pools at an interim storage site, at the nearby Olkiluoto power plant next to the Baltic Sea, will be first to be deposited, Bordarier said.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

There have also been multiple reports of cables damaged in the Baltic Sea.

From BBC • May 30, 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

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

The 125th Guards operated in the German region of Prussia, flying aggressive missions along the southwest of the Baltic Sea from January to May 1945.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein