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Baltic

Baltic may refer to:

Places

Northern Europe

The Baltic Sea
Baltic states (also Baltics, Baltic countries or Baltic republics): Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
The Baltic region, an ambiguous term referring to the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea
Baltic governorates or provinces, former parts of the Russian Empire (modern Latvia, Estonia)
The Baltic Shield, the exposed Precambrian northwest segment of the East European Craton
The Baltic Plate, an ancient tectonic plate that is now fused onto the Eurasian Plate

North America

Baltic, Connecticut
Baltic, Ohio
Baltic, South Dakota
Baltic, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Baltic, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada

People and their languages

Baltic languages, a subfamily of Indo-European languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian and extinct Old Prussian language
Balts (or Baltic peoples), ethnic groups speaking the Baltic languages and/or originating from the Baltic countries
Baltic Germans, historical ethnic German minority in Latvia and Estonia
Baltic Russians, Russian immigrant community of post World War II origin in the Baltic countries

Ships and related

SS Baltic (1850)
SS Baltic (1871)
RMS Baltic (1903)
Baltic Exchange, a UK company that operates as a marketplace for shipbrokers, ship owners and charterers
Baltic Dry Index, a daily shipping index published by the Baltic Exchange
Baltic Fleet, the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea
Baltic Shipyard, one of the oldest shipyards in Russia

Other

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, United Kingdom
Baltic State Opera, the Opera House in Gdańsk, Poland
Baltic Basketball League, a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004
The term "It's Baltic" is slang used in Northern Ireland, Ireland and Scotland to describe it being very cold weather.

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Baltic" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Volapük.

Translation(s) in other languages: Arabic: بلطيق (توضيح), German: Baltisch, Spanish: Báltico, French: Baltique, Dutch: Baltisch, Polish: Bałtyk (ujednoznacznienie), Romanian: Baltic (dezambiguizare).


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