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Baltic

Baltic

8 5.1
Relating to the Baltic Sea and the lands around it
  • adjective
  • /ˈbɔltɪk/
translation icon : báltico
  • Compared with other regions, the Baltic Sea region holds state and NGO capacity building as a higher priority.
  • Baltic Sea
  • Baltic region
  • Baltic states

Examples

  • After all, the Scandinavians realize that the Baltic region holds huge export potential.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The situation is, of course, far from funny, either for the Swedes or for their fellow Baltic Sea residents.

    Academic text (2015)
  • It's on the Baltic coast.

  • Currently with the Russian Fleet in the Baltic Sea.

  • But above all, the Baltic Sea has an environmental significance of its own:

    Academic text (1993)
  • A different voice on the radio, a woman's, read the news about the latest Baltic crisis.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Pollution reaches the Baltic Sea by a wide diversity of pathways.

    Academic text (1993)
  • All countries in the Baltic region need dramatic reform in agricultural policies and practices to address eutrophication.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Led by Finland, the Nordic countries pushed for a regional convention to protect the Baltic Sea from pollution.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The cultural festival highlighted traditional music from the Baltic region.

Compounds

12 4.0

A country in Northern Europe on the east coast of the Baltic Sea, such as Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania

2 2.9

A sea in northern Europe bordered by countries like Sweden and Poland

2 3.7

A country on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, like Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania

One of the three countries Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania in northern Europe

Baltic language
  • Specialized
9.9

A language like Lithuanian or Latvian that keeps many old grammar features

A dark, strong beer from countries near the Baltic Sea that is made in cool conditions and tastes rich

Baltic-Finnic
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of languages spoken around the Baltic Sea, for example Finnish and Estonian

Surface Forms

Baltic positive

Etymology

Baltic originally named the sea after the Balts, so when we call a wind, a port, or a coast 'Baltic' we mean it is 'from or near that sea'.