Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Baltic \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.
Source : WordNet®
Baltic
adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States
or their peoples or languages
2: of or near or on the Baltic Sea; "The Baltic republics"
Baltic
n 1: a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy
[syn: {Baltic Sea}]
2: 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 [syn: {Baltic language}]