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

• 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

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