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Meaning of BALTIC

Pronunciation:  'boltik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [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
  2. [n]  a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy
  3. [adj]  of or near or on the Baltic Sea; "The Baltic republics"
  4. [adj]  of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages
 
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 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.
 
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