Baltic

Etymology

\nBaltic comes from an Indo-European root balt- meaning white. Thus Baltic Sea means White Sea. The same root begins the word Belarus, also known as White Russia. Baltic can refer to:

• The Baltic Sea\n** Council of the Baltic Sea States - an intergovernmental organization\n** Baltic sea countries - countries with access to the Baltic Sea\n** The term Baltic countries is sometimes used more or less synonymously for Northern Europe (Russia not included)
• The Baltic region\n** Baltic States - the independent countries of\n*** Estonia, \n*** Latvia and \n*** Lithuania\n** Baltic Republics - the Soviet Union's \n*** Estonian SSR,\n*** Latvian SSR and\n*** Lithuanian SSR\n** Baltic provinces\n*** Russian Estonia (Swedish Estonia)\n*** Livonia (Swedish Livonia)\n*** Courland\n** Northeastern Europe - an alternative terminology for the Baltic States\n** Baltic peoples, one ethnic group originating in Balticum \n** Baltic languages spoken by the Baltic peoples\n** 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\n*Baltic, Prince County, Prince Edward Island\n*Baltic East, Prince Edward Island\n*Baltics, Ontario - a place in the Canadian province of Ontario\n*Baltics Corners, Ontario
• Baltic, Ohio - a place in the U.S. state of Ohio\n*Baltic, South Dakota - a place in the U.S. state of South Dakota