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Baltic

American  
[bawl-tik] / ˈbɔl tɪk /

adjective

  1. of, near, or on the Baltic Sea.

  2. of or relating to the Baltic States.

  3. of or relating to a group of languages, as Latvian, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian, that constitute a branch of the Indo-European family.


noun

  1. the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.

Baltic British  
/ ˈbɔːltɪk /

adjective

  1. denoting or relating to the Baltic Sea or the Baltic States

  2. of, denoting, or characteristic of Baltic as a group of languages

  3. informal extremely cold

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages consisting of Lithuanian, Latvian, and Old Prussian

  2. short for Baltic Sea

  3. Also called: Baltic Exchange.  an international market for shipbrokers in the City of London: formerly housed in the Baltic Exchange building which was demolished after terrorist bomb damage in 1992

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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This Baltic nation of 1.3 million people just gave all of its 10th and 11th graders their own ChatGPT accounts to use for school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Goethe's amber collection, now housed at the Goethe National Museum and managed by the Klassik Stiftung Weimar, contains 40 pieces of Baltic amber.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

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

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Lawmakers are set to confirm centrist Andris Kulbergs as prime minister with the aim of leading the Baltic nation until parliamentary elections on October 3.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

I am floating on a buoyed raft in the Baltic Sea.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

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