baltic

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Bal=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

baltic, a. [NL. mare Balticum, fr. L. balteus belt, from certain straits or channels surrounding its isles, called belts. See Belt.].

 Of or pertaining to the sea which separates Norway and Sweden from Jutland, Denmark, and Germany; situated on the Baltic Sea.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

baltic, n. & adj.
--n.
1 (the Baltic) a an almost land-locked sea of NE Europe. b the States bordering this sea.
2 an Indo-European branch of languages including Old Prussian, Lithuanian, Latvian, and Lettish.
--adj. of or relating to the Baltic or the branch of languages called Baltic.

Etymology

med.L Balticus f. LL Balthae dwellers near the Baltic Sea