Baltic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: bŏl'tĭk
enpr: bôl'tĭk
ipa: /ˈbɒl.tɪk/
ipa: /ˈbɔːl.tɪk/
ipa: /ˈbɔl.tɪk/
ipa: /ˈbɑl.tɪk/
Forms: form: baltic
Etymology: From Latin Balticus, from Latin Balthae (“dwellers near the Baltic sea”), equivalent to Balt + -ic. The ultimate origin is uncertain, but possibilities include:
* From North Germanic *baltaz (“strait”), in reference to the narrow entranceway of the sea. This word itself could be borrowed from Lithuanian baltas (“white”) or related to Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (“belt”) (see below).
* Related to Lithuanian baltas (“white”) and Proto-Slavic *bolto (“swamp, bog, mud”), which are from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“white”).
* Related to Latin balteus (“belt”) (compare Proto-Germanic *baltijaz), referring to the Danish straits, "the Belts". This is suggested by Adam of Bremen, who in the 11th century first recorded the name (Balticus, eo quod in modum baltei longo tractu per Scithicas regiones tendatur usque in Greciam).
More at Baltic.
Senses: glosses: The Baltic Sea.
examples: text: Well, you see, I was temporarily in command of the cruiser coming down the Baltic, and passing an island rock a few miles away, I thought it would be a good opportunity to test a new gun that had been put aboard when we left England.
ref: 1906, Robert Barr, A Rock in the Baltic:
glosses: A geographic region of Northern Europe, surrounding the Baltic Sea.
examples: text: It appears from the evidence, that the corn from the Baltic is often very heavily taxed, and that this tax is generally raised in proportion to our necessities.
ref: 1815, Thomas Malthus, Importation of Foreign Corn:
glosses: A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of the three countries to the east of the Baltic Sea, i.e. Latvia, Lithuanian and Estonia; in full, the Baltics or the Baltic states.
glosses: The Baltic language family; the Baltic languages
glosses: The Baltic Exchange, a membership organisation for the maritime industry.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Kings County, in eastern Prince Edward Island, Canada.
glosses: A village and census-designated place in the center of the town of Sprague, Connecticut.
glosses: A village in Coshocton County, Holmes County and Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
glosses: A city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from Baltic (proper noun)
word: Baltic languages
sense: terms derived from Baltic (proper noun)
word: Baltic region
sense: terms derived from Baltic (proper noun)
word: Baltic Sea
sense: terms derived from Baltic (proper noun)
word: Baltic Shield
sense: terms derived from Baltic (proper noun)
word: Balto-Slavic
Related terms: sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Archean
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word: Belmorian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Curonia
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Curonian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Estonia
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Estonian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Fennoscandia
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Fennoscandian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Galindan
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Karelia
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Karelian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Korelian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Kola
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Latgalian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Latvia
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Latvian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Lettic
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Lithuania
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Lithuanian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Livonia
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Prussia
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Prussian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Old Prussian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: New Prussian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Samogitian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Scandinavia
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Scandinavian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Selonian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Semigallian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Sudovian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Yotvingian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Yatvingian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Jatvingian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Svecofennian
sense: other terms associated with Baltic (proper noun)
word: Sveconorwegian