Baltic

[bawl-tik]

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

/ 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

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

Other Word Forms

• trans-Baltic adjective

Example Sentences

Her persona is part space alien, part naïf of some Baltic backwater.

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The Danish wind turbine maker last year unveiled plans to build a new blade factory in Szczecin, near the Baltic Sea coast, to support Europe’s build-out of offshore wind parks.

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Countries along the Baltic Sea have complained that not enough is being done by EU countries in the Mediterranean to screen Russian vessels as they pass.

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Some, such as Latvia on the Baltic Sea, are much cheaper.

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Mr Zhuravlyov, along with others, is suspected of planting explosives deep beneath the Baltic Sea on the pipelines leading from Russia to Germany.

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