Baltic

adjective

Bal·​tic ˈbȯl-tik How to pronounce Baltic (audio)
1
: of or relating to the Baltic Sea or to the states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
2
: of or relating to a branch of the Indo-European language family containing Latvian, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian see Indo-European Languages Table

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Estonia -- which shares a 183-mile frontier with Russia -- is now the only Baltic state not to have imposed new airspace restrictions along its eastern border. David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025 Oeuf has long been a pioneer in design-forward kids’ furniture, making the type of streamlined, Baltic birch pieces that have shown up in countless Brooklyn town houses. Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025 Stockholm, Sweden Threaded across fourteen islands and stitched together by 57 bridges, Stockholm is a city sculpted by Baltic waters and Nordic light. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Authorities in Scandinavian and Baltic states have said repeatedly that Russia has been regularly jamming the GPS signal in the region. Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Baltic

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin (mare) balticum Baltic Sea

First Known Use

circa 1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Baltic was circa 1590

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“Baltic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Baltic. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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Baltic

adjective
Bal·​tic ˈbȯl-tik How to pronounce Baltic (audio)
1
: of or relating to the Baltic Sea or to the states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
2
: of or relating to a branch of the Indo-European languages containing Latvian, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian
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