BALTIC SEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Baltic Sea mean? 

• BALTIC SEA (noun)
  The noun BALTIC SEA has 1 sense:

1. a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy

  Familiarity information: BALTIC SEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALTIC SEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Baltic; Baltic Sea

Instance hypernyms:

sea (a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land)

Meronyms (parts of "Baltic Sea"):

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)

 Context examples 

A country in Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania.

(Latvia, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A country in eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia.

(Lithuania, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia.

(Lithuania, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A country in eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania.

(Latvia, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark.

(Germany, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, consisting of a peninsula on the north coast of Germany and several major islands.

(Denmark, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes two major islands (Sjaelland and Fyn).

(Denmark, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A country in eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Finland.

(Estonia, NCI Thesaurus)

An archipelago in the Baltic Sea at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia between Sweden and Finland.

(Aland Islands, NCI Thesaurus)