relating to the Baltic Sea in northern Europe and the countries surrounding it 波罗的海的;波罗的海各国的 the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 爱沙尼亚、拉脱维亚和立陶宛诸波罗的海共和国
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin Balticus, from late Latin Balthae ‘dwellers near the Baltic Sea’.