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The Baltic region (sometimes The Baltics) is an ambiguous term used to denominate an arbitrary region connected to the Baltic Sea. The term Balticum has a more precise meaning but is not as common in English.
Etymology
Baltic comes from a Proto-Indo-European root balt- meaning white. Thus Baltic Sea means White Sea. The same root begins the word Belarus, also known as White Russia.Denotation
Depending on the context the Baltic region might stand for:- the present Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) and the Russian Kaliningrad enclave
- East Prussia and the historical lands of Livonia, Courland and Estonia (Swedish Estonia and Russian Estonia)
- the geographical area of the above, sometimes designated by the loanword Balticum from the German Baltikum (Baltic Germans)
- the former Baltic province of Imperial Russia, i.e. the lands above in addition to Finland and sometimes Poland
- countries on the (British) trade route through the Baltic Sea, i.e. the lands above in addition to the Scandinavian Peninsula (Sweden and Norway)
- Baltic Sea countries, the lands above in addition to Denmark, Germany and Russia
See also:
- Baltic
- Northern Dimension
- Baltia (Roman mythology)
External links
Baltic Sea | History of Finland
Región báltica | 발트 지방 | Baltik | Baltikum | Regiunea Baltică | Балтички регион | Baltik
"Baltic region"