Baltic States

American  

plural noun

1. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and sometimes Finland.

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Baltic States British  

plural noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: the Baltics. the republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, which became constituent republics of the former Soviet Union in 1940, regaining their independence in 1991

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Baltic States

He spent two years studying the role of musical activity in the nonviolent anti-Soviet uprisings of the Baltic States during the Perestroika era, publishing his research in English and Latvian.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

"When the Baltic States joined the EU and Nato, everybody talked about them being an energy island that was still dependent on that joint electricity network with Belarus and Russia," said Smith.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025

Nordic nations, like the Baltic States, appear to have a more acute sense of the danger.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2024

The Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, said that they would also send for China’s envoys to the three countries to discuss the matter.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

During the next great maritime war, that of American Independence, the United States were involved as belligerents, and the only maritime neutrals were Holland and the Baltic States.

From Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan