Baltic may refer to:

Peoples and languages

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

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 *

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 *

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

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 ...

, 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 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) * 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 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 ...

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 opene ...

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

* ''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 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 ** 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 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 o ...

in Saint Petersburg, one of the oldest shipyards in Russia

Sport

Baltic Cup (football) The Baltic Cup ( et, Balti turniir, lv, Baltijas kauss, lt, Baltijos taurė) is an international football competition contested by the national teams of the Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Finland has also participated in the ...

, an international football tournament held between Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania *

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 Scandinavi ...

, a football club tournament held between the top club sides from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, defunct since 2011 *

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

* ''Baltics'' (poem), a 1974 long poem by Tomas Tranströmer * Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, UK *

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 *

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 Ho ...

, a copper mining operation in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan * Baltic, a locomotive with a 4-6-4 wheel arrangement