Baltic may refer to:
Peoples and languages
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Baltic languages
The Baltic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 4.5 million people mainly in areas extending east and southeast of the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. Together with the Slavic lang ...
, a subfamily of Indo-European languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian and extinct Old Prussian
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Balts
The Balts or Baltic peoples ( lt, baltai, lv, balti) are an ethno-linguistic group of peoples who speak the Baltic languages of the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages.
One of the features of Baltic languages is the number ...
(or Baltic peoples), ethnic groups speaking the Baltic languages and/or originating from the Baltic countries
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Baltic Germans
Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declin ...
, historical ethnic German minority in Latvia and Estonia
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Baltic Finnic peoples
The Baltic Finnic or Balto-Finnic peoples, also referred to as the Baltic Sea Finns, Baltic Finns, sometimes Western Finnic and often simply as the Finnic peoples, are the peoples inhabiting the Baltic Sea region in Northern and Eastern Europe ...
, the Finnic peoples historically inhabiting the area on the northeastern side of the Baltic sea
Places
Northern Europe
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Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
, in Europe
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Baltic region
The terms Baltic Sea Region, Baltic Rim countries (or simply the Baltic Rim), and the Baltic Sea countries/states refer to slightly different combinations of countries in the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea, mainly in Northern Europe. ...
, an ambiguous term referring to the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea
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Baltic states
The Baltic states, et, Balti riigid or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term, which currently is used to group three countries: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three countries are members of NATO, the European Union, the Eurozone, ...
(also Baltic countries, Baltic nations, Baltics), a geopolitical term, currently referring to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
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Baltic Provinces
The Baltic governorates (russian: Прибалтийские губернии), originally the Ostsee governorates (german: Ostseegouvernements, russian: Остзейские губернии), was a collective name for the administrative units ...
or governorates, former parts of the Swedish Empire and then Russian Empire (in modern Latvia, Estonia)
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Baltic Shield
The Baltic Shield (or Fennoscandian Shield) is a segment of the Earth's crust belonging to the East European Craton, representing a large part of Fennoscandia, northwestern Russia and the northern Baltic Sea. It is composed mostly of Archean and ...
, the exposed Precambrian northwest segment of the East European Craton
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Baltic Plate
The Baltic Plate was an ancient tectonic plate that existed from the Cambrian Period to the Carboniferous Period. The Baltic Plate collided against Siberia, to form the Ural Mountains about 280 million years ago. The Baltic Plate, however, fused on ...
, an ancient tectonic plate that is now fused onto the Eurasian Plate
North America
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Baltic, Connecticut
Baltic is the town center village of the town of Sprague, Connecticut, and a census-designated place (CDP). The population of the CDP was 1,250 as of the 2010 census. The Sprague town hall is in Baltic. The Baltic Historic District is a historic ...
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Baltic, Ohio
Baltic is a village in Coshocton, Holmes, and Tuscarawas counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 795 at the 2010 census. The Raber's Almanac for the Amish community is published here. Baltic is also home to the garage door opener ...
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Baltic, South Dakota
Baltic is a city on the Big Sioux River in northern Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,246 at the 2020 census.
History
Baltic was originally called St. Olaf, and under the latter name was laid out in 1881. Anothe ...
Ships and related
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''Baltic'' (steamship)
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''Baltic'' (tug), a German emergency tow vessel
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CSS Baltic, an iron and cottonclad sidewheeler ship built in 1860
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HMS ''Baltic'' (1808), Royal Navy cutter, formerly the Russian ''Opyt''
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Baltic Exchange
The Baltic Exchange (incorporated as The Baltic Exchange Limited) is a membership organisation for the maritime industry, and freight market information provider for the trading and settlement of physical and derivative contracts. It was locate ...
, a UK company that operates as a marketplace for shipbrokers, ship owners and charterers
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Baltic Dry Index
The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) is a shipping freight-cost index issued daily by the London, England, London-based Baltic Exchange. The BDI is a composite of the Capesize, Panamax and Supramax Timecharter Averages. It is reported around the world as ...
, a daily shipping index published by the Baltic Exchange
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Baltic Fleet
, image = Great emblem of the Baltic fleet.svg
, image_size = 150
, caption = Baltic Fleet Great ensign
, dates = 18 May 1703 – present
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, allegiance = (1703–1721) (1721–1917) (1917–1922) (1922–1991)(1991–present)
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, the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea
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Baltic Shipyard
The OJSC Baltic Shipyard (''Baltiysky Zavod'', formerly Shipyard 189 named after Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze) (russian: Балтийский завод имени С. Орджоникидзе) is one of the oldest shipyards in Russia and is part of ...
in Saint Petersburg, one of the oldest shipyards in Russia
Sport
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Baltic Cup (football)
The Baltic Cup ( et, Balti turniir, lv, Baltijas kauss, lt, Baltijos taurė) is an international association football, football competition contested by the national teams of the Baltic states – Estonia national football team, Estonia, Latv ...
, an international football tournament held between Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania
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Baltic League
The Baltic League (officially known as the Triobet Baltic League) was a Baltic men's football club tournament held four times between the top club sides from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Launched in 2007 inspired by the now defunct Scandinav ...
, a football club tournament held between the top club sides from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, defunct since 2011
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Baltic Basketball League
Baltic Basketball League (BBL) was the Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004. The league mainly focused on teams from the Baltic states, but teams from Sweden, Russia, Kazakhstan, Finland, and Belarus have participated in the Baltic L ...
, founded in 2004
Other uses
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''Baltics'' (poem), a 1974 long poem by Tomas Tranströmer
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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (also known simply as (the) Baltic, stylised as BALTIC) is a centre for contemporary art located on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. It hosts a frequently changing variety ...
in Gateshead, UK
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Baltic State Opera Baltic State Opera
Foyer
Baltic Opera (formerly Baltic State Opera) is an opera company located in Gdańsk, Poland.
History
It began in February 1949 as the Music and Drama Studio (in Polish: Studio Muzyczno-Dramatyczne) set up by Iwo Gall. In ...
, the Opera House in Gdańsk, Poland
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Baltic Mining Company
The Copper Range Company was a major copper-mining company in the Copper Country of Michigan, United States. It began as the Copper Range Company in the late 19th century as a holding company specializing in shares in the copper mines south of Hou ...
, a copper mining operation in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
* Baltic, a locomotive with a
4-6-4
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels. In France where the type was first used, it is known as t ...
wheel arrangement
See also
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Baltica (disambiguation) Baltica, or Baltika, may refer to:
* Baltica, an ancient continent.
* The Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
* Baltika Breweries, the largest brewery in Eastern Europe.
* Baltika Group, Estonian fashion brandhouse and retailer.
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Baltiysk
Baltiysk (russian: Балти́йск; german: Pillau; Old Prussian: ''Pillawa''; pl, Piława; lt, Piliava; Yiddish: פּילאַווע, ''Pilave'') is a seaport town and the administrative center of Baltiysky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Ru ...
, town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
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Baltiysky (disambiguation) Baltiysky (masculine), Baltiyskaya (feminine), or Baltiyskoye (neuter) may refer to:
* Baltiysky District, several districts and city districts in Russia
*Baltiyskoye Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the town of district significance of ...
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Bałtyk
Bałtyk is an office building in the Jeżyce area of Poznań, Poland, designed by the Rotterdam-based MVRDV architectural studio.
Completed in May 2017, it stands at 67 m (220 ft) tall. It is the 5th tallest building in Poznań. The name of t ...
, a building in Poznań, Poland
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