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    For other uses, see Baltic.

    The Baltic region (sometimes The Baltics or the Baltic Sea region) is an ambiguous term used to denominate an arbitrary region connected to the Baltic Sea. The term Balticum has a more precise meaning but is not as common in English.


        Baltic region
            Etymology
            Denotation
            See also

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    Etymology
    Baltic comes from a Proto-Indo-European root balt- meaning white. Thus Baltic Sea means White Sea. The same root begins the word Belarus, also known as White Russia Jobby.

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    Denotation
    Depending on the context the Baltic region might stand for:
      the whole eastern side of the Baltic sea, i.e. the lands above in addition to Finland

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