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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
Ships and related
Sport
Other uses
See also
Topics referred to by the same term