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Definition: Baltic Sea |
Baltic SeaNoun1. A sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| BALTEX | English | Baltic Sea Experiment | Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The name of East Sea is used in much of Continental Europe. The Baltic Sea is called East Sea in Denmark (Østersøen), Germany (Ostsee), Finland (Itämeri), Netherlands (Oostzee), Norway (Østersjøen), and Sweden (Östersjön). In Estonia it is called West Sea (Läänemeri).
In the early middle ages, Vikings of Scandinavia fought for power over the sea with Slavic Pomeranians. Later on, the strongest economic force in Northern Europe became the Hanseatic league, which used the Baltic Sea to establish trade routes between its member cities. In XVI and beginning of XVII centuries, Poland, Denmark and Sweden fought wars for Dominium Maris Baltici (Ruling over the Baltic sea). Eventually, it was the Swedish empire that virtually encompassed the Baltic Sea. In Sweden the sea was then referred to as Mare Nostrum Balticum.
In XVIII century Russia and Prussia became the leading powers over the sea. After unification of Germany in 1871, whole southern coast became German. First world war was fought on the Baltic sea. After 1920 Poland returned to the Baltic Sea, and Polish ports Gdynia and Danzig became leading ones. During the WWII Germany almost made a Baltic sea its internall lake. After 1945 the sea was a border between conflicted military blocks: in case of military conflict in Germany, parallel to Soviet offensive towards Atlantic ocean, communists Polish fleet was prepared to invade Danish isles. Fortunately it never happenned.
In 1999 the huge bridge over the Sund limited the Baltic sea to the middle size vessels. In mean time, Baltic sea is the main trade route for export of Russian oil.
The Baltic Sea starts to get very rough with the October storms. These winter storms have been the cause of many shipwrecks. In 1945 the Baltic Sea became a mass grave to drowned people on torpedoed refugee ships. But thanks to the cold brackish water, the sea is a time capsule for centuries old shipwrecks.
Countries which have access to the Baltic Sea are:
The biggest coastal cities:
History
At the time of the Romans, the Baltic Sea was known as the Mare Suebicum or Mare Sarmaticum. Tacitus in his AD 98 Agricola and Germania described the Mare Suebicum, named for the Suebi tribe, during the spring months, as a brackish sea when the ice on the Baltic Sea breaks apart and chunks float about. 
The Baltic Sea
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Main article: Baltic Sea countriesCoastal cities
Subdivisions
The northern part of the Baltic Sea is known as the Gulf of Bothnia out of which the northernmost part is referred to as the Bay of Bothnia. Immediately to the south of it lies the Sea of Åland. The Gulf of Finland connects the Baltic Sea with St. Petersburg. The Northern Baltic lies between the Stockholm area, southwestern Finland, and Estonia. The Western and Eastern Gotland Basins form the major parts of the central Baltic Sea. The Gulf of Riga lies between Riga and Saaremaa and Gdansk Basin lies east of the Hel peninsula on the Polish coast. Bornholm Basin is the area east of Bornholm and Arkona Basin extends from Bornholm to the Danish isles of Falster and Zealand. The westernmost part of the Baltic Sea is Kiel Bight. The Sound, the Belts, and the Kattegat connect the Baltic Sea with the Skagerrak and the North Sea. The confluence of these two seas at Skagen on the northern tip of Denmark is a visual spectacle visited by many tourists each year.
Islands
Main article: List of islands in the Baltic SeaRivers
Bodies of water that drain into the Baltic Sea include (clockwise from Öresund):
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Baltic Sea."
Synonym: Baltic SeaSynonym: Baltic (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Baltic Sea |
| English words defined with "Baltic Sea": Baltic, Baltic Republic, Baltic State, Bothnic ♦ Danmark, Danzig, Denmark ♦ Esthonia, Estonia ♦ Gdansk, Gulf of Bothnia, Gulf of Finland ♦ Kingdom of Denmark, Klaipeda ♦ Latvia, Lietuva, Lithuania ♦ Memel ♦ Oder, Oder River ♦ Republic of Estonia, Republic of Latvia, Republic of Lithuania, Rostock ♦ Vistula, Vistula River. (references) |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | In the section of the evacuated zone situated to the south of the preceding section and to the north of the line which starts from the Baltic Sea 13 kilometres from Flensburg and ends north of the islands of Oland and Langeness, the vote will be taken within a period not exceeding five weeks after the plebiscite shall have been held in the first section. (reference) |
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Business | Polluting substances collect in the Baltic Sea due to its slow water exchange with the ocean (about 2540 years). (references) | |
The biological specifics of the Baltic Sea make its ecological system very sensitive to the growing level of pollution. (references) | ||
Located at the entrance to the Baltic Sea, Denmark is comprised of several large and many small islands and a peninsula (Jylland) which shares its southern border with Germany. (references) | ||
Economic History | Lithuania | With four distinct seasons, the climate is humid continental, with a moderating maritime influence from the Baltic Sea. (references) |
Sweden | But geography still plays a key role, and Sweden offers access to three important markets - Scandinavia, the Baltic Sea Region and EU. (references) | |
Lithuania | The largest and most populous of the Baltic states, Lithuania is a generally maritime country with 60 miles of sandy coastline, of which only 24 miles face the open Baltic Sea. (references) | |
Political Economy | Sweden | Sweden is active in the Council of Baltic Sea States, which promotes close economic and political cooperation among the states bordering the Baltic Sea. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
baltic sea | 92 |
baltic sea cruise | 19 |
baltic sea weather | 3 |
area baltic sea | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "Baltic Sea"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | Oossee (Baltic). (various references) | |
Albanian | deti baltik. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | балтийско море. (various references) | |
Chinese | 波羅的海 (the Baltic Sea). (various references) | |
Czech | baltské moře. (various references) | |
Danish | Oestersoeen, Østersøen. (various references) | |
Dutch | Oostzee. (various references) | |
Esperanto | Balta Maro. (various references) | |
French | mer Baltique. (various references) | |
Frisian | Eastsee. (various references) | |
German | ostsee (Baltic). (various references) | |
Greek | Συμβούλιο των κρατών της 'αλτικής (Council of Baltic Sea States), "ράση για την προστασία του περιβάλλοντος στις παράκτιες περιοχές και στα παράκτια ύδατα της Θάλασσας της Ιρλανδίας,της 'όρειας Θάλασσας, (Baltic Sea and North-East Atlantic Ocean(Nor th S ea special p rogramme of a ction)). (various references) | |
Hungarian | balti-tenger. (various references) | |
Icelandic | Eystrasalt. (various references) | |
Italian | mar baltico. (various references) | |
Manx | Yn Faarkey Baltagh. (various references) | |
Norwegian | Østersjøen. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alticbay easay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Mar Báltico. (various references) | |
Russian | балтийское море. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | baltičko more. (various references) | |
Spanish | mar báltico, Báltico (baltic). (various references) | |
Swedish | Östersjön, östersjön. (various references) | |
Tagalog | Dagat Báltikó. (various references) | |
Turkish | baltık denizi. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Lithuanian | 1500-Modern | baltas. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-i-l-s-t" | |
-1 letter: basaltic, cabalist, castable, labiates, satiable. | |
-2 letters: abelias, ablates, acetals, actable, albites, astilbe, bastile, bestial, blastie, cablets, citable, elastic, labiate, laciest, lactase, latices, stabile. | |
-3 letters: abates, abatis, abelia, ablate, ablest, abseil, acetal, aecial, alates, albeit, albite, atelic, basalt, bisect, bleats, blites, cabals, cables, cablet, calesa, casita, castle, ceibas, cleats, eclats, saltie, stable, stelai, stelic, tablas, tables, ticals. | |
-4 letters: abaci, abase, abate, abets, ables, aceta, aecia, aisle, alate, albas, alecs, alias, alist, atlas, baals, bails, baits, balas, bales, balsa, basal, basic, basil, baste, bates, beast, beats, belts, betas, bices, biles, bites, blase, blast, blate, blats, bleat, blest, blets, blite, cabal, cable, caste, cates, ceiba, ceils, celts, cesta, cesti, cites, clast, cleat, clits, eclat, ileac, islet, istle, labia, laces, laics, least, litas, sable, saice, salic, scale, setal, slate, slice, stale, steal, stela, stile, tabes, tabla, table, taces, taels, tails, talas, talcs, tales, teals, telia, telic, tesla, tical, tiles. | |
-5 letters: aals, abas, abet, able, aces, acta, acts, ails, aits, alae, alas, alba, albs, alec, ales, alit, alts, asci, asea, ates, baal, baas, bail, bait, bale, bals, base, bast, bate, bats, beat, bels, belt, best, beta, bets, bias, bice, bile, bise, bite, bits, blae, blat, blet, cabs, casa, case, cast, cate, cats, ceil, cels, celt, cist, cite, clit, east, eats, etas, etic, ices, ilea, isba, isle, labs, lace, lacs, laic, lase, last, late, lati, lats, leas, leis, lest, lets, libs, lice, lies, list, lite, lits, sabe, sail, sale, salt, sate, sati, scab, scat, seal, seat, sect, seta, sial, sice, silt, site, slab, slat, slit, stab, tabs, tace, tael, tail, tala, talc, tale, tali, teal, teas, tela, tels, tics, ties, tile, tils. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-i-l-s-t" | |
+1 letter: blatancies, calibrates. | |
+2 letters: blastematic, catabolites, catabolizes, syllabicate. | |
+3 letters: actabilities, capabilities, distractable, recalibrates, sanctionable, secobarbital, syllabicated, syllabicates. | |
+4 letters: amicabilities, analphabetics, ascertainable, castabilities, confiscatable, megaloblastic, packabilities, placabilities, secobarbitals. | |
+5 letters: antibacterials, antimetabolics, bidialectalism, charitableness, cleanabilities, collaboratives, constabularies, crystallizable, hatchabilities, incapabilities, leachabilities, particleboards, recalibrations, traceabilities, tractabilities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 6C 74 69 63 53 65 61 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01101100 01110100 01101001 01100011 00100000 01010011 01100101 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a l t i c   S e a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 006C 0074 0069 0063 0053 0065 0061 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3667788675692537167 |
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