Baltic region

The Baltic Sea

The Baltic region (sometimes briefly The Baltics) is an ambiguous term used arbitrarily to denominate a region connected to the Baltic Sea (also called The Baltics).

Depending on the context it might stand for:

• the present Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
• the historic lands of Livonia, Courland, East Prussia and (historic) Estonia
• the geographical area of the above, sometimes designated by the loanword Balticum connected to the Baltic Germans
• the former Baltic province of Imperial Russia
  • The lands above in addition to Finland and sometimes Poland
• countries on the (British) trade route through the Baltic Sea
  • The lands above in addition to the Scandinavian Peninsula, i.e. to Sweden and Norway
• Baltic Sea countries
  • The lands above in addition to Denmark, Germany and Russia

• Baltic