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 calledBaltic 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 Words From

• trans-Baltic adjective

Example Sentences

The stand-off between Poland, the Baltic states and Belarus is escalating into a geopolitical conflict that could threaten the security of Europe.

From Time

Last month, two separate LGBTQ Equality marches known as marsze równości were held Saturday under a heavy police presence in the southern city of Częstochowa and the Baltic seaside port city of Gdańsk.

From Washington Blade

The boards are made from premium Baltic birch ply and durable acrylic, and sales started to rise via markets in the Chicago area.

From Digiday

All the empire’s constituent republics, from the Baltic states in Europe to the borderlands in Central Asia, became independent countries overnight, each with its own government, bureaucracy and intelligence agency, staffed primarily by KGB veterans.

From TIme

The Baltic country debuted online elections starting in 2005.

From Fortune

That the Baltic free air and Riga's welcoming vibe could make her colleagues "too relaxed."

From The Daily Beast

The Russian Air Force also flew additional sorties over the Baltic Sea with tactical strike fighters on Oct. 29.

From The Daily Beast

The bunker, so crucial during the final years of the Cold War in the Baltic, was only declassified in 2003.

From The Daily Beast

In the Baltic states, German records indicate that the Einsatzgruppen units killed 218,000 Jews by February 1, 1942.

From The Daily Beast

In 1944, the Nazi influence waned, allowing the Soviet tide to come crashing back down on the Baltic shores.

From The Daily Beast

This, then, was the party when we first settled down into our two months' camp on the island in the Baltic Sea.

From Project Gutenberg

The worst of it is, that the Baltic will soon be froze up, and that it must be late next year before they can get to America.

From Project Gutenberg

Olaf thereafter made him ready for his journey, went aboard his ship, and stood out into the Eystrasalt (the Baltic).

From Project Gutenberg

The present duty on colonial timber, he said, amounted to ten shillings a load, and on Baltic timber fifty-five shillings.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Ismay, however, stated that he understood from the Baltic message that "we would get up to the ice that night."

From Project Gutenberg