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BALTIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European
Synonyms:
Baltic; Baltic language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Baltic" is a kind of...):
Balto-Slavic; Balto-Slavic language; Balto-Slavonic (a family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Baltic"):
Old Prussian (a dead language of the (non-German) Prussians (extinct after 1700); thought to belong to the Baltic branch of Indo-European)
Lithuanian (the official language of Lithuania; belongs to the Baltic branch of Indo-European)
Latvian; Lettish (the official language of Latvia; belongs to the Baltic branch of Indo-European)
Derivation:
Baltic (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy
Synonyms:
Baltic; Baltic Sea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
sea (a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land)
Meronyms (parts of "Baltic"):
Gulf of Bothnia (a northern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Sweden and Finland)
Gulf of Finland (an eastern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Finland and Estonia)
Gulf of Riga (an inlet of the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Estonia)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or near or on the Baltic Sea
Example:
The Baltic republics
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Baltic Sea (a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Baltic State (European countries bordering the Baltic Sea)
Derivation:
Baltic (a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European)
