Baltic may refer to: Peoples and languages Baltic languages, a subfamily of Indo-European languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian and extinct Old Prussian Balts (or Baltic peoples), ethnic groups speaking the Baltic languages and/or originating from the Baltic countries Baltic Germans, historical ethnic German minority in Latvia and Estonia Baltic Finnic peoples, the Finnic peoples historically inhabiting the area on the northeastern side of the Baltic sea Places Northern Europe Baltic Sea, in Europe Baltic region, an ambiguous term referring to the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea Baltic states (also Baltic countries, Baltic nations, Baltics), a geopolitical term, currently referring to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Baltic Provinces or governorates, former parts of the Swedish Empire and then Russian Empire (in modern Latvia, Estonia) Baltic Shield, the exposed Precambrian northwest segment of the East European Craton Baltic Plate, an ancient tectonic plate that is now fused onto the Eurasian Plate North America Baltic, Connecticut Baltic, Ohio Baltic, South Dakota Ships and related Baltic (steamship) Baltic (tug), a German emergency tow vessel CSS Baltic, an iron and cottonclad sidewheeler ship built in 1860 HMS Baltic (1808), Royal Navy cutter, formerly the Russian Opyt Baltic Exchange, a UK company that operates as a marketplace for shipbrokers, ship owners and charterers Baltic Dry Index, a daily shipping index published by the Baltic Exchange Baltic Fleet, the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg, one of the oldest shipyards in Russia Sport Baltic Cup (football), an international football tournament held between Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania Baltic League, a football club tournament held between the top club sides from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, defunct since 2011 Baltic Basketball League, founded in 2004 Other uses Baltics (poem), a 1974 long poem by Tomas Tranströmer Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, UK Baltic State Opera, the Opera House in Gdańsk, Poland Baltic Mining Company, a copper mining operation in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan Baltic, a locomotive with a 4-6-4 wheel arrangement See also Baltica (disambiguation) Baltiysk, town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia Baltiysky (disambiguation) Bałtyk, a building in Poznań, Poland Language and nationality disambiguation pages