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Baltic
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- 1 Of or pertaining to the Baltic region or the Baltic Sea.
"The Teutonic Knights were newly established in the Baltic region, where they owed their first possessions to Mazovian policy."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Baltic (“very cold”). alt-of
"'We're staying out at the Lake of Menteith and it's baltic out there. They reckon the lake could freeze over again if this weather gets worse.'"
- 3 Of or pertaining to any of the Baltic languages.
"The Baltic division of the group embraces the Lithuanian and Lettic."
- 4 Of or pertaining to the Balts (the Baltic peoples).
- 5 Extremely cold. UK, colloquial
"It's twenty-three degrees outside, freezing is thirty two and with the wind chill factor it's Baltic out there."
- 1 of or near or on the Baltic Sea wordnet
- 2 of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages wordnet
- 1 The Baltic Sea.
- 2 A geographic region of Northern Europe, surrounding the Baltic Sea.
"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."
- 3 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.
"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."
- 4 The Baltic language family; the Baltic languages
- 5 The Baltic Exchange, a membership organisation for the maritime industry.
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- 6 An unincorporated community in Kings County, in eastern Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- 7 A village and census-designated place in the center of the town of Sprague, Connecticut.
- 8 A village in Coshocton County, Holmes County and Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
- 9 A city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
- 1 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 wordnet
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.
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.
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