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
Examples of Baltic in a Sentence
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There are lots of reasons why people might trade the Baltic coast for the Mediterranean.
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Christian Edwards, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
The isle is famous for its wealth of Baltic history: Its metropolis, Visby, was the Hanseatic League’s trading center between the 12th and 14th centuries.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
By contrast, multiple court cases and investigations have only reinforced in Lithuania a carapace of official secrecy — and displays of loyalty to the United States by a vulnerable Baltic country fearful of an increasingly aggressive Russia.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Estonia, the northernmost of the Baltic states, is a poster child for the benefits of membership.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2024
Russia has no designs on any NATO country and will not attack Poland, the Baltic states or the Czech Republic but if the West supplies F-16 fighters to Ukraine then they will be shot down by Russian forces, President Vladimir Putin said late Wednesday.
—Reuters, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2024
The Kremlin is emboldened to peel off, Ukraine-style, pro-Russian enclaves in nearby Georgia and Moldova, and then threaten NATO’s own eastern flank – Poland; the once-Soviet Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia; and Finland and Sweden.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024
Denmark, Norway and the Baltic states bordering Russia — Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia — are committing a greater proportion of their wealth to the war at more than 1% of their GDP.
—Henrik Pettersson, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
The Kremlin is putting the squeeze on countries such as Moldova, the Baltic states and those in the Caucasus region in the name of protecting Russian minorities.
—Bloomberg, Fortune Europe, 18 Mar. 2024
Christian Edwards, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
The isle is famous for its wealth of Baltic history: Its metropolis, Visby, was the Hanseatic League’s trading center between the 12th and 14th centuries.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
By contrast, multiple court cases and investigations have only reinforced in Lithuania a carapace of official secrecy — and displays of loyalty to the United States by a vulnerable Baltic country fearful of an increasingly aggressive Russia.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Estonia, the northernmost of the Baltic states, is a poster child for the benefits of membership.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2024
Russia has no designs on any NATO country and will not attack Poland, the Baltic states or the Czech Republic but if the West supplies F-16 fighters to Ukraine then they will be shot down by Russian forces, President Vladimir Putin said late Wednesday.
—Reuters, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2024
The Kremlin is emboldened to peel off, Ukraine-style, pro-Russian enclaves in nearby Georgia and Moldova, and then threaten NATO’s own eastern flank – Poland; the once-Soviet Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia; and Finland and Sweden.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024
Denmark, Norway and the Baltic states bordering Russia — Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia — are committing a greater proportion of their wealth to the war at more than 1% of their GDP.
—Henrik Pettersson, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
The Kremlin is putting the squeeze on countries such as Moldova, the Baltic states and those in the Caucasus region in the name of protecting Russian minorities.
—Bloomberg, Fortune Europe, 18 Mar. 2024
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“Baltic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Baltic. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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Baltic
adjective
Bal·tic
ˈbȯl-tik 
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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