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baltic

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

Bal=tic

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun baltic has 2 senses

baltic(n = noun.object) baltic sea - a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy; Array

has parts: gulf of bothnia, gulf of finland, gulf of riga

is a kind of sea

baltic(n = noun.communication) baltic language - 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; Array

is a kind of balto-slavic, balto-slavic language, balto-slavonic

has particulars: old prussian, lithuanian, latvian, lettish

Derived form adjective baltic₁

Adjective baltic has 2 senses

baltic(a = adj.pert) Array - of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages; Array

Derived form noun

baltic₂

baltic(a = adj.pert) Array - of or near or on the Baltic Sea; "The Baltic republics"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

baltic, 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. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

baltic, n. & adj.
--n.
1 (the Baltic) a an almost land-locked sea of NE Europe. b the States bordering this sea.
2 an Indo-European branch of languages including Old Prussian, Lithuanian, Latvian, and Lettish.
--adj. of or relating to the Baltic or the branch of languages called Baltic.

Etymology

med.L Balticus f. LL Balthae dwellers near the Baltic Sea

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