Baltic
Americanadjective
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of, near, or on the Baltic Sea.
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of or relating to the Baltic States.
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of or relating to a group of languages, as Latvian, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian, that constitute a branch of the Indo-European family.
noun
adjective
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denoting or relating to the Baltic Sea or the Baltic States
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of, denoting, or characteristic of Baltic as a group of languages
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informal extremely cold
noun
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a branch of the Indo-European family of languages consisting of Lithuanian, Latvian, and Old Prussian
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short for Baltic Sea
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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
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Meanwhile, the spot price of sending a shipping container from Shanghai to Los Angeles hit a recent high of $8,102 for the week of Sept. 18, according to the Freightos Baltic Index.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The three Baltic Republics - Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia - also know Russia pretty well.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Tensions over the Baltic Sea have risen sharply since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Defense planners share the same concern over a potential Russian assault on the Baltic states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Alba had no trouble obtaining the key to her mother’s pantry, arguing that there was no need to hoard ordinary flour and poor men’s beans when you could buy Baltic crab and Swiss chocolate.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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