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

According to the Kiel Institute think tank, by percentage of GDP, the Baltic States and Poland are among the highest donors of aid to Ukraine.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 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

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

It was not introduced by conquest, as in England in the eleventh century, or through immigration, like German into Bohemia or into the Baltic States.

From Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day by Emile Cammaerts