Baltic Region

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The ''Baltic region'' (sometimes '''The Baltics''') is an ambiguous term used to denominate an arbitrary region connected to the .

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''.

DENOTATION

Depending on the context the ''Baltic region'' might stand for:

the present Baltic States ( Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania ) and the Russia n Kaliningrad Enclave

East Prussia and the historical Land s of Livonia , Courland and Estonia ( Swedish Estonia and Russian Estonia )

the geographical area of the above, sometimes designated by the Loanword ''Balticum'' from the German ''Baltikum'' ( Baltic German s)

the former Baltic province of Imperial Russia , i.e. the lands above in addition to Finland and sometimes Poland

countries on the ( British ) trade route through the Baltic Sea, i.e. the lands above in addition to the Scandinavian Peninsula ( Sweden and Norway )

Baltic Sea Countries , the lands above in addition to Denmark , Germany and Russia

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