Baltn.adj.

Brit.

/bɔːlt/,

/bɒlt/, U.S.

/bɔlt/,

/bɑlt/

Etymology: < late Latin (Jordanes) Balthae.

A. n.

A native or inhabitant of one of the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia; spec. a German inhabitant of any of these states (see quot. 1937).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [noun] > parts of

Easterling1253

Sprucier1443

Suevian1549

High German1550

Low German1550

Prussian1554

Lusatian1555

Westphalian1576

Borussian1607

Rhinelander1608

Eastman1610

Belgic1615

Franconian1615

Thuringian1618

Swab1637

spruce1640

Silesian1669

Swabian1675

palatinate1709

Hessian1729

Saxon1737

Austrasian1833

East German1838

Balt1854

West German1855

Württemberger1896

Sudeten1938

East German1947

West German1947

Saarlander1955

Ossi1989

Wessi1990

1854 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Geogr. I. 375/2 For a Balt, or an Amal, as real personages, we look in vain. Populations, however, to which they were Eponymi, we find in the two localities Baltia [Baltic] and Abalus.

1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Balts, Lithuanians, who, together with the Letts, were probably the Æstii of Tacitus.

1922 E. J. Harrison Lithuania iii. 37 The Lithuanians together with the Letts and Old Prussians form a family of Aestians or Balts.

1922 E. J. Harrison Lithuania iii. 39 To-day the ancient Balts are represented only by the Lithuanians and the Letts or Latvians.

1937 Discovery Aug. 234/2 In 1918 the German baronial families were deprived of their estates... As late as 1918 the Baltic barons or ‘balts’ as they are always called, were planning to colonise Estonia with two and a half million small farmers from Germany.

1939 Times 1 Nov. 7/1 The exchange of documents ratifying the repatriation of Balts from Latvia is expected to take place in Berlin to-morrow.

B. adj.

Of or pertaining to (a person from one of) these states.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [adjective] > parts of Germany

Suevical1560

Swevical1560

Prussian1565

Suevian1574

Thuringian1607

Franconian1608

Suevic1638

High German1640

Saxonic1647

Saxon1654

Swabian1684

Saxonian1761

Hanoverian1775

Low German1808

East German1849

West German1850

West German1946

Balt1954

1954 J. B. Priestley Magicians iii. 60 Wayland, it appeared, was part English, part Balt.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	balt
释义	Baltn.adj. Brit. /bɔːlt/, /bɒlt/, U.S. /bɔlt/, /bɑlt/ Etymology: < late Latin (Jordanes) Balthae. A. n. A native or inhabitant of one of the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia; spec. a German inhabitant of any of these states (see quot. 1937). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [noun] > parts of Easterling1253 Sprucier1443 Suevian1549 High German1550 Low German1550 Prussian1554 Lusatian1555 Westphalian1576 Borussian1607 Rhinelander1608 Eastman1610 Belgic1615 Franconian1615 Thuringian1618 Swab1637 spruce1640 Silesian1669 Swabian1675 palatinate1709 Hessian1729 Saxon1737 Austrasian1833 East German1838 Balt1854 West German1855 Württemberger1896 Sudeten1938 East German1947 West German1947 Saarlander1955 Ossi1989 Wessi1990 1854 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Geogr. I. 375/2 For a Balt, or an Amal, as real personages, we look in vain. Populations, however, to which they were Eponymi, we find in the two localities Baltia [Baltic] and Abalus. 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Balts, Lithuanians, who, together with the Letts, were probably the Æstii of Tacitus. 1922 E. J. Harrison Lithuania iii. 37 The Lithuanians together with the Letts and Old Prussians form a family of Aestians or Balts. 1922 E. J. Harrison Lithuania iii. 39 To-day the ancient Balts are represented only by the Lithuanians and the Letts or Latvians. 1937 Discovery Aug. 234/2 In 1918 the German baronial families were deprived of their estates... As late as 1918 the Baltic barons or ‘balts’ as they are always called, were planning to colonise Estonia with two and a half million small farmers from Germany. 1939 Times 1 Nov. 7/1 The exchange of documents ratifying the repatriation of Balts from Latvia is expected to take place in Berlin to-morrow. B. adj. Of or pertaining to (a person from one of) these states. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [adjective] > parts of Germany Suevical1560 Swevical1560 Prussian1565 Suevian1574 Thuringian1607 Franconian1608 Suevic1638 High German1640 Saxonic1647 Saxon1654 Swabian1684 Saxonian1761 Hanoverian1775 Low German1808 East German1849 West German1850 West German1946 Balt1954 1954 J. B. Priestley Magicians iii. 60 Wayland, it appeared, was part English, part Balt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1854
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