baltic

Adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages (synset 302974204)
  2. Of or near or on the Baltic Sea (synset 302974096)
    "The Baltic republics"
Noun
  1. A sea in northern Europe;
    Stronghold of the Russian navy (synset 109236161)
    is an instance of: sea - a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
    has:
    • gulf of bothnia - a northern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Sweden and Finland
    • gulf of finland - an eastern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Finland and Estonia
    • gulf of riga - an inlet of the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Estonia
    same as: 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 (synset 106958441)
    is a type of: balto-slavic, balto-slavic language, balto-slavonic - a family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages
    subtypes:
    • old prussian - a dead language of the (non-German) Prussians (extinct after 1700); thought to belong to the Baltic branch of Indo-European
    • lithuanian - the official language of Lithuania; belongs to the Baltic branch of Indo-European
    • latvian, lettish - the official language of Latvia; belongs to the Baltic branch of Indo-European
    same as: baltic language

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