Baltic may refer to:

Peoples and languages

Baltic languages The Baltic languages are a branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family spoken natively or as a second language by a population of about 6.5–7.0 million people

, a subfamily of Indo-European languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian and extinct Old Prussian *

Balts The Balts or Baltic peoples (, ) are a group of peoples inhabiting the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea who speak Baltic languages. Among the Baltic peoples are modern-day Lithuanians (including Samogitians) and Latvians (including Latgalians ...

(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 Baltic Finnic peoples, often simply referred to as the Finnic peoples, are the peoples inhabiting the Baltic Sea region in Northern Europe, Northern and Eastern Europe who speak Finnic languages. They include the Finns, Estonians (including ...

, the Finnic peoples historically inhabiting the area on the northeastern side of the Baltic sea

Places

Northern Europe

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North European Plain, North and Central European Plain regions. It is the ...

, 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 Baltic Shield (or Fennoscandian Shield) is a segment of the Earth's crust belonging to the East European craton, East European Craton, representing a large part of Fennoscandia, northwestern Russia and the northern Baltic Sea. It is composed ...

, 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 Baltic Fleet () is the Naval fleet, fleet of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea. Established 18 May 1703, under Tsar Peter the Great as part of the Imperial Russian Navy, the Baltic Fleet is the oldest Russian fleet. In 1918, the fleet w ...

, 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) The Baltic Cup (, , ) is an international football competition contested by the national teams of the Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Sometimes guests from the Northern Europe subregion are also invited: Finland has partic ...

, 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

* ''Baltics'' (poem), a 1974 long poem by Tomas Tranströmer * Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, UK * Baltic State Opera, the Opera House in Gdańsk, Poland * Baltic Mining Company, a copper mining operation in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan * Baltic, a locomotive with a 4-6-4 wheel arrangement