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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

/ ˈɔːɪ /

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. informalextremely 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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Other Word Forms

  • trans-Baltic adjective
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Example Sentences

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The former Police frontman is donating an undisclosed amount to the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, sometimes described as the Tate Modern of the North East of England.

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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed to reporters on Thursday that countries including France, Germany, the Baltic and Nordic countries, Poland, Greece and Hungary had already committed to the 5% pledge.

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General Carsten Breuer told the BBC that Russia was producing hundreds of tanks a year, many of which could be used for an attack on Nato Baltic state members by 2029 or even earlier.

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It follows reports of damage to a major undersea cable in the Baltic Sea.

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Two Baltic republics, Lithuania and Latvia, had reportedly refused to allow him permission to cross their airspace.

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