Baltic

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Baltic may refer to:

Peoples and languages

  • Baltic languages, a subfamily of Indo-European languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian and extinct Old Prussian
  • Balts (or Baltic peoples), ethnic groups speaking the Baltic languages and/or originating from the Baltic countries
  • Baltic Germans, historical ethnic German minority in Latvia and Estonia
  • Baltic Finnic peoples, the Finnic peoples historically inhabiting the area on the northeastern side of the Baltic sea

Places

Northern Europe

  • Baltic Sea, in Europe
  • Baltic region, an ambiguous term referring to the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea
  • Baltic states (also Baltic countries, Baltic nations, Baltics), a geopolitical term, currently referring to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
  • Baltic Provinces or governorates, former parts of the Swedish Empire and then Russian Empire (in modern Latvia, Estonia)
  • Baltic Shield, the exposed Precambrian northwest segment of the East European Craton
  • Baltic Plate, an ancient tectonic plate that is now fused onto the Eurasian Plate

North America

  • Baltic, Connecticut
  • Baltic, Ohio
  • Baltic, South Dakota

Ships and related

  • Baltic (steamship)
  • Baltic (tug), a German emergency tow vessel
  • CSS Baltic, an iron and cottonclad sidewheeler ship built in 1860
  • HMS Baltic (1808), Royal Navy cutter, formerly the Russian Opyt
  • Baltic Exchange, a UK company that operates as a marketplace for shipbrokers, ship owners and charterers
    • Baltic Dry Index, a daily shipping index published by the Baltic Exchange
  • Baltic Fleet, the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea
  • Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg, one of the oldest shipyards in Russia

Sport

  • Baltic Cup (football), an international football tournament held between Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania
  • Baltic League, a football club tournament held between the top club sides from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, defunct since 2011
  • Baltic Basketball League, founded in 2004

Other uses

See also

  • Baltica (disambiguation)
  • Baltiysk, town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
  • Baltiysky (disambiguation)
  • Bałtyk, a building in Poznań, Poland
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