circum-Baltic

adjective

Surrounding the Baltic Sea or relating to the regions surrounding it.

Meanings

adjectivecircum-Baltic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSurrounding the Baltic Sea or relating to the regions surrounding it.

    The circum-Baltic regions also sport the blondest people in the world.

    2000, Time Depth in Historical Linguistics, page 482
    2 more examples

    [...] the circum-Baltic countries to commemorate his work in marine geology that has lasted for more than three decades.

    1988, The Baltic Sea, page 1

    [...] the circum-Baltic region, this evidence is coeval with the increased reliance on pig as the main food resource, with selection for juvenile pigs, with the introduction of pigs to islands where they had to be brought by humans [...]

    1996, Origini, page 44

Origin

Translations

French circumbaltique
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Italian circumbaltico
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