Meaning of BALTIC
Pronunciation: | | 'boltik
|
WordNet Dictionary |
|
| Definition: | |
- [n] a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European
- [n] a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy
- [adj] of or near or on the Baltic Sea; "The Baltic republics"
- [adj] of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages
|
|
| Websites: | |
|
|
| Synonyms: | | Baltic language, Baltic Sea |
|
| See Also: | | Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavonic, Gulf of Bothnia, Gulf of Finland, Latvian, Lettish, Lithuanian, Old Prussian, sea | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
|
| Definition: | | \Bal"tic\, a. [NL. mare Balticum, fr. L. balteus belt,
from certain straits or channels surrounding its isles,
called belts. See {Belt}.]
Of or pertaining to the sea which separates Norway and Sweden
from Jutland, Denmark, and Germany; situated on the Baltic
Sea.
|
|
| Websites: | |
|
|
|
|