Baltic Sea

English

Satellite image of the Baltic Sea

Pronunciation

• enPR: bäl′-tĭk sē′
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑl.tɪk ˈsi/

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• Rhymes: -iː

Proper noun

the Baltic Sea

2. A sea in Northern Europe, an arm of the Atlantic enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden.
   • 1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 605:

     Six industrial nations—Finland, Sweden, Denmark, West Germany, East Germany, and Poland—share this shallow, brackish Baltic Sea with the Soviet Union.

   • 2026 August 4, Agata Todorow, “55 hours in the water: Polish swimmer crosses Baltic Sea from Sweden to home country”, in Euronews‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 August 2026:

     Bartłomiej Kubkowski has pulled off an extraordinary feat, becoming the first person to swim across the Baltic Sea from Sweden to Poland in 55 hours, covering 160 kilometres.

Translations

a sea

• Afrikaans: Oossee, Baltiese See
• Albanian: Deti Baltik m
• Amharic: ባልቲክ ባሕር (baltik baḥr)
• Arabic: بَحْر الْبَلْطِيق m (baḥr al-balṭīq)

  Hijazi Arabic: بحر البلطيق m (baḥr al-balṭīg, baḥr al-balṭīq)

• Armenian: Բալթիկ ծով (hy) (Baltʻik cov)
• Azerbaijani: Baltik dənizi (az)
• Basque: Itsaso Baltikoa, Baltiar Itsasoa
• Belarusian: Балты́йскае мо́ра n (Baltýjskaje móra), Ба́лтыка f (Báltyka)
• Bengali: বাল্টিক সাগর (balṭik śagor)
• Breton: Mor Baltel (br) m
• Bulgarian: Балти́йско море́ n (Baltíjsko moré), Ба́лтика f (Báltika)
• Burmese: ဘောလ်တစ် ပင်လယ် (bhaultac panglai)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Балтіцьке море n (Balticʹke more)
• Catalan: mar Bàltica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波羅的海 / 波罗的海 (zh) (Bōluódì-hǎi)

• Czech: Baltské moře (cs) n
• Danish: Østersøen (da) c
• Dutch: Baltische Zee f, Oostzee (nl) f
• Esperanto: Balta Maro
• Estonian: Läänemeri (et), Balti meri (obsolete)
• Farefare: Ateko Balti, Ateko Balt
• Faroese: Eystrasalt n
• Finnish: Itämeri (fi)
• French: mer Baltique (fr) f
• Frisian:

  North Frisian: Ååstsiie

  West Frisian: Eastsee

• Galician: mar Báltico (gl) m
• Georgian: ბალტიის ზღვა (balṭiis zɣva)
• German: Ostsee (de) f, Baltisches Meer n
• Greek: Βαλτική Θάλασσα (el) (Valtikí Thálassa)
• Gujarati: બાલ્ટિક સાગર (bālṭik sāgar)
• Hebrew: הַיָּם הַבַּלְטִי m (ha-yam ha-baltik)
• Hindi: बाल्टिक सागर m (bālṭik sāgar)
• Hungarian: Balti-tenger (hu)
• Icelandic: Eystrasalt n, Austurmar m, Austmar (is) m, Austursjór m
• Ido: Baltika Maro (io)
• Indonesian: Laut Baltik
• Irish: Muir Bhailt f, An Bhailt f
• Italian: Mar Baltico m
• Japanese: バルト海 (ja) (バルトかい, Barutokai)
• Kannada: ಬಾಲ್ಟಿಕ್ ಸಮುದ್ರ (kn) (bālṭik samudra)
• Kashubian: Bôłt m, Wiôldżé Mòrze n
• Kazakh: Балтық теңізі (Baltıq teŋizi)
• Khmer: សមុទ្ររ​បាល់ទិក (sɑɑmutrɔɔ-baltɨk)
• Korean: 발트해 (ko) (Balteuhae)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Derya Rojhelat, Deryaya Baltîk

• Kyrgyz: Балтика деңизи (Baltika deŋizi)
• Lao: ທະເລບານຕິກ (tha lē bān tik)
• Latin: Mare Balticum n
• Latvian: Baltijas jūra f
• Lithuanian: Baltijos jūra (lt) f
• Livonian: Vālda mer
• Low German:

  German Low German: Oostsee

• Macedonian: Балтичко Море n (Baltičko More)
• Malay: Laut Baltik
• Malayalam: ബാൾട്ടിക് കടൽ (bāḷṭṭikŭ kaṭal)
• Maltese: il-Baħar Baltiku m
• Manx: Yn Faarkey Baltagh m, Yn Vooir Valtagh f
• Māori: Moana Paratika
• Marathi: बाल्टिक समुद्र (bālṭik samudra)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Балтын тэнгис (Baltyn tengis)

• Nepali: बाल्टिक सागर (bālṭik sāgar)
• Norman: Mé Baltique f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Østersjøen (no) m

  Nynorsk: Austersjøen m

• Occitan: Mar Baltica f
• Old English: Ostsǣ m
• Old Norse: Eystrasalt n, Austmarr m
• Pashto: بالتیک بحیره f (bālṭik bahirá)
• Persian: دریای بالتیک (daryâ-ye bâltik)
• Polish: Morze Bałtyckie (pl) n, Bałtyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: Mar Báltico (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਬਾਲਟਿਕ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ m (bālṭik samundar)
• Romanian: Marea Baltică (ro) f
• Romansh: Mar da l'Ost f
• Russian: Балти́йское мо́ре (ru) n (Baltíjskoje móre), Ба́лтика (ru) f (Báltika)
• Scots: Baltic Sea
• Scottish Gaelic: Muir Baltach f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ба̀лтичко̄ мо̑ре n

  Latin: Bàltičkō mȏre n

• Slovak: Baltské more (sk) n
• Slovene: Baltsko morje n
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Baltiske mórjo

  Upper Sorbian: Baltiske morjo

• Spanish: mar Báltico (es) m
• Swedish: Östersjön (sv) c
• Tagalog: Dagat Baltiko
• Tajik: Баҳри Балтика (Bahr-i Baltika)
• Tamil: பால்டிக் கடல் (pālṭik kaṭal)
• Telugu: బాల్టిక్ సముద్రం (bālṭik samudraṁ)
• Thai: ทะเลบอลติก (tá-lee bon-dtìk)
• Turkish: Baltık Denizi (tr)
• Turkmen: Baltika deňzi
• Ukrainian: Балті́йське мо́ре n (Baltíjsʹke móre), Ба́лтика f (Báltyka)
• Urdu: بحیرہ بالٹک f (bahīrā bālṭik)
• Uyghur: بالتىق دېڭىزى (baltiq dë'ngizi)
• Uzbek: Boltiq dengizi
• Vietnamese: biển Ban Tích
• Võro: Õdagumeri
• Welsh: Y Môr Baltig m
• Yiddish: באַלטישער ים m (baltisher yam)

Scots

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Noun

Baltic Sea

1. Baltic Sea (a sea in Northern Europe, an arm of the Atlantic enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden)