1
: of or relating to the Baltic Sea or to the states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
2
: of or relating to a branch of the Indo-European language family containing Latvian, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian see Indo-European Languages Table
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The Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are particularly vulnerable.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Poland and the Baltic states are working toward military spending of four percent of GDP even though they are protected by NATO’s security guarantee.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Some nations in Moscow’s old neighborhood – like Poland and the Baltic states – understand the Russian threat all too well, but some smaller, Western European countries perceive the danger to be more distant.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
Only countries with a much stronger social cohesion—Denmark, Sweden, Finland, to some extent the Baltic republics—demonstrated this.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Poland and the Baltic states are working toward military spending of four percent of GDP even though they are protected by NATO’s security guarantee.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Some nations in Moscow’s old neighborhood – like Poland and the Baltic states – understand the Russian threat all too well, but some smaller, Western European countries perceive the danger to be more distant.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
Only countries with a much stronger social cohesion—Denmark, Sweden, Finland, to some extent the Baltic republics—demonstrated this.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Baltic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Baltic. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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Baltic
adjective
Bal·tic
ˈbȯl-tik 
1
: of or relating to the Baltic Sea or to the states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
2
: of or relating to a branch of the Indo-European languages containing Latvian, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian
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