Baltic

Baltic can refer to:

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• The Baltic Sea
• Council of the Baltic Sea States - an intergovernmental organization
• Baltic sea countries - countries with access to the Baltic Sea
• The Baltic region (Balticum)
• Baltic States - the independent countries of
• Estonia
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Baltic Republics - term refers to the three Baltic states under the Soviet occupation:
• Estonian SSR
• Latvian SSR
• Lithuanian SSR
• Baltic provinces
• Russian Estonia (Swedish Estonia)
• Livonia (Swedish Livonia)
• Courland
• The term Baltic countries is sometimes used more or less synonymously for Northern Europe (Russia not included)
• Northeastern Europe - an alternative terminology for the Baltic States
• The Baltic languages - a subfamily of Indo-European languages
• The Baltic peoples - ethnic groups speaking the Baltic languages and/or originating from the Baltic region
• Balts - near-synonymous with Baltic peoples in current usage, denoted only Baltic Germans earlier
• Baltic Germans (German: Baltendeutsche, Balten, or Deutschbalten) - historical German speaking minority of today's Estonia and Latvia
• An obsolete "racial" classification used by "Nordic" and "Aryan race" theorists in the 19th and early 20th centuries
• Baltic, Kings County, Prince Edward Island - a place in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island
• Baltic, Prince County, Prince Edward Island
• Baltic East, Prince Edward Island
• Baltics, Ontario - a place in the Canadian province of Ontario
• Baltics Corners, Ontario
• Baltic, Ohio - a place in the U.S. state of Ohio
• Baltic, South Dakota - a place in the U.S. state of South Dakota

The term Baltic is also used to identify a type of railroad steam locomotive. In the Whyte notation, a Baltic is a type 4-6-4.

Related Topics:
Railroad - Steam locomotive - Whyte notation - 4-6-4

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The name Baltic has been used by several ships including RMS Baltic.

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The name Baltic is the commonly used abbreviation for the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, United Kingdom.

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