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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy;
[syn: Baltic, 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, Baltic language]


ADJECTIVE (2)

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;
- Example: "The Baltic republics"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster] Baltimore bird


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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"
    n 1: a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy
         [syn: Baltic, 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, Baltic language]