Baltic
/ˈbɔːltɪk
/ /ˈbɒltɪk/adjective
1Relating to the Baltic Sea or the region surrounding it.It supports the restoration of a levy on grain imports from the Black Sea and Baltic regions and pledges to resist any further support price cuts....
- Seven new countries from eastern Europe and the Baltic region, formerly part of the Soviet empire, were given membership tickets.
- The reason is that Kaliningrad also depends on transit trade through the non-Russian Baltic region.
2Denoting or relating to a branch of the Indo-European family of languages consisting of Lithuanian, Latvian, and Old Prussian.The official language is Lithuanian, one of two remaining languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European languages....
- Latvian, along with Lithuanian, is considered part of the small Baltic language group of the Indo-European family.
- Latvian belongs to the Baltic group of languages.
noun
1 (the Baltic) The Baltic Sea or the Baltic States.
2 [mass noun] The Baltic languages collectively.But you just can't argue with top-notch Baltic pop-rock like this....
- If not, do Southern Europeans speak Baltic?
- Is it true that they all speak Baltic?
Origin
Late 16th century: from medieval Latin Balticus, from late Latin Balthae 'dwellers near the Baltic Sea'.