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Baltic states

The Baltic states are three countries of north-eastern , on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. The three small countries have a long interesting history, and an impressive cultural heritage dating back to the Hanseatic League.
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is a Baltic gem offering visitors the chance to see a tiny dynamic land on the shores of the sea. The northernmost and smallest of the Baltic states, has charming old towns and heritage back to the Hanseatic League. 's old town was…

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is one of the three Baltic states of northeast Europe. It's a low-lying, mostly agricultural country bordered by Latvia to the north and east, Belarus to the south, Poland to the southwest, Kaliningrad exclave of Russia to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the northwest.

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is one of the three Baltic states in . The biggest travel destination in the country is the capital , whose Old Town is a World Heritage Site.

Baltic states

  • Type: region
  • Description: three countries east of the Baltic Sea: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
  • Also known as: “Baltic countries”, “Baltic nations”, “Baltic republics”, “Baltic state”, “Baltics”, “Baltija”, and “The Baltics”
  • Category: triad
  • Location:
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Latitude of center
57.06° or 57° 3′ 36″ north
Longitude of center
24.83° or 24° 49′ 48″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q39731
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Baltic states” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Baltiese lande”
  • Albanian: “Shtetet baltike”
  • Albanian: “Vendet baltike”
  • Arabic: “جمهوريات البلطيق”
  • Arabic: “دول البلطيق”
  • Aragonese: “Estatos balticos”
  • Aragonese: “Estaus balticos”
  • Aragonese: “Países balticos”
  • Armenian: “Բալթյան երկրներ”
  • Armenian: “Մերձբալթիկա”
  • Asturian: “Repúbliques báltiques”
  • Azerbaijani: “Baltik ölkələri”
  • Azerbaijani: “Baltikyanı ölkələr”
  • Bashkir: “Балтик буйы”
  • Basque: “Errepublika Baltiko”
  • Basque: “Herrialde baltiko”
  • Basque: “Herrialde Baltikoak”
  • Bavarian: “Baltische Staaten”
  • Belarusian: “Балтыйскія краіны”
  • Belarusian: “Балтыка”
  • Belarusian: “Балтыя”
  • Belarusian: “Дзяржавы Балтыкі”
  • Belarusian: “Краіны Балтыі”
  • Bengali: “বাল্টিক রাষ্ট্র”
  • Bengali: “বাল্টিক রাষ্ট্রসমূহ”
  • Bosnian: “Baltičke države”
  • Breton: “Broioù balt”
  • Bulgarian: “Балтийски държави”
  • Bulgarian: “Балтийски републики”
  • Bulgarian: “Балтийски страни”
  • Burmese: “ဘောလ်တစ်နိုင်ငံများ”
  • Catalan: “Estat bàltic”
  • Catalan: “estats bàltics”
  • Catalan: “Estats bàltics”
  • Catalan: “País Bàltic”
  • Catalan: “Països báltics”
  • Catalan: “Països bàltics”
  • Catalan: “Repúbliques Bàltiques”
  • Central Kurdish: “وڵاتانی باڵتیک”
  • Chinese: “Baltic Kok-ka”
  • Chinese: “波罗的国家”
  • Chinese: “波罗的海三国”
  • Chinese: “波罗的海国家”
  • Chinese: “波羅的國家”
  • Chinese: “波羅的海三小國”
  • Chinese: “波羅的海國家”
  • Croatian: “Baltičke države”
  • Croatian: “Baltičke republike”
  • Croatian: “Baltičke zemlje”
  • Czech: “baltské státy”
  • Czech: “baltské země”
  • Czech: “Pobaltí”
  • Czech: “pobaltské národy”
  • Czech: “pobaltské republiky”
  • Czech: “pobaltské státy”
  • Czech: “pobaltské země”
  • Danish: “Balticum”
  • Danish: “Baltikum”
  • Danish: “Baltisk”
  • Danish: “Baltiske lande”
  • Danish: “De baltiske lande”
  • Danish: “Randstaterne”
  • Dutch: “Balticum”
  • Dutch: “Baltische landen”
  • Dutch: “Baltische regio”
  • Dutch: “Baltische republieken”
  • Dutch: “Baltische staten”
  • Esperanto: “Balta Landaro”
  • Esperanto: “Balta regiono”
  • Esperanto: “Baltaj Landoj”
  • Esperanto: “Baltaj ŝtatoj”
  • Esperanto: “Baltio”
  • Esperanto: “Baltujo”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉebaltaj ŝtatoj”
  • Estonian: “Balti riigid”
  • Estonian: “Baltikum”
  • Estonian: “Baltimaad”
  • Faroese: “Baltisku londini”
  • Finnish: “Baltia”
  • Finnish: “Baltian maa”
  • Finnish: “Baltian maat”
  • Finnish: “Baltianmaat”
  • Finnish: “Balttia”
  • French: “Etats baltes”
  • French: “États Baltes”
  • French: “États baltiques”
  • French: “Pays balte”
  • French: “pays baltes”
  • French: “Pays baltes”
  • French: “Pays baltiques”
  • Galician: “Estados bálticos”
  • Galician: “Países bálticos”
  • Galician: “Países Bálticos”
  • Galician: “Repúblicas Bálticas”
  • Georgian: “ბალტიის ქვეყნები”
  • Georgian: “ბალტიისპირეთი”
  • Georgian: “ბალტიისპირეთის ქვეყნები”
  • German: “Baltikum”
  • German: “Baltische Länder”
  • German: “Baltische Staaten”
  • German: “Ostseegouvernements”
  • Greek: “Βαλτικά κράτη”
  • Greek: “Βαλτικές Δημοκρατίες”
  • Greek: “Βαλτικές χώρες”
  • Hebrew: “הארצות הבלטיות”
  • Hebrew: “המדינות הבאלטיות”
  • Hebrew: “המדינות הבלטיות”
  • Hebrew: “הרפובליקות הבלטיות”
  • Hindi: “बाल्टिक देश”
  • Hungarian: “balti államok”
  • Hungarian: “balti országok”
  • Hungarian: “Balti országok”
  • Icelandic: “Eystrasaltslöndin”
  • Icelandic: “Eystrasaltsríkin”
  • Ido: “Baltia”
  • Inari Sami: “Baltia enâmeh”
  • Indonesian: “Negara Baltik”
  • Indonesian: “Negara-negara Baltik”
  • Interlingua: “Statos baltic”
  • Irish: “Na Stáit Bhaltacha”
  • Italian: “Paesi baltici”
  • Italian: “Repubbliche baltiche”
  • Italian: “Stati baltici”
  • Japanese: “バルト3国”
  • Japanese: “バルト三国”
  • Japanese: “バルト諸国”
  • Javanese: “Nagara Baltik”
  • Javanese: “Negara Baltik”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Балтика къралла”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Балтика тийреси къралла”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Балтика тийреси”
  • Kazakh: “Балтық елдері”
  • Korean: “발뜨해연안나라들”
  • Korean: “발트 3국”
  • Korean: “발트 삼국”
  • Korean: “발트3국”
  • Korean: “발트해 3국”
  • Kurdish: “Welatên Baltik”
  • Kurdish: “Welatên Baltîk”
  • Lao: “ກຸ່ມລັດບານຕິກ”
  • Latgalian: “Baļtejis vaļsteibys”
  • Latin: “Civitates Balticae”
  • Latvian: “Baltija”
  • Latvian: “Baltijas republikas”
  • Latvian: “Baltijas valstis”
  • Latvian: “Baltijas zemes”
  • Limburgan: “Baltische sjtaote”
  • Limburgan: “Baltische Sjtaote”
  • Limburgan: “Baltische sjtate”
  • Limburgan: “Baltische staote”
  • Lithuanian: “Baltijos respublikos”
  • Lithuanian: “Baltijos šalys”
  • Lithuanian: “Baltijos valstybės”
  • Lithuanian: “Pabaltijo respublikos”
  • Lithuanian: “Pabaltijo valstybės”
  • Lithuanian: “Pabaltijys”
  • Low German: “Baltikum”
  • Low German: “Baltische laanden”
  • Low German: “Baltische lanen”
  • Low German: “Baltiske Ståten”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Baltikum”
  • Luxembourgish: “Baltesch Länner”
  • Luxembourgish: “Baltesch Staaten”
  • Luxembourgish: “Baltikum”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Staturi baltitse”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Ţarâ Balteanâ”
  • Macedonian: “балтички држави”
  • Macedonian: “Балтички држави”
  • Macedonian: “балтички земји”
  • Malagasy: “Firenena Balta”
  • Malagasy: “Firenena Baltika”
  • Malay: “Negara-negara Baltik”
  • Malayalam: “ബാൾട്ടിക്ക് രാജ്യങ്ങൾ”
  • Marathi: “बाल्टिक देश”
  • Mazanderani: “بالتیک حوزه کشورون”
  • Mazanderani: “بالتیک کشورون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pe̍h-kok”
  • Northern Frisian: “Baltikum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Baltikum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Baltiske stater”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Baltiske”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “De baltiske landene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “De baltiske statene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “De baltiske stater”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Baltikum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei baltiske statane”
  • Norwegian: “Baltikum”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Estat baltic”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Païses baltics”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ostsǣs rīcu”
  • Persian: “کشورهای بالتیک”
  • Persian: “کشورهای حوزهٔ دریای بالتیک”
  • Persian: “کشورهای دریای بالتیک”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Baawltik Staits”
  • Polish: “kraje bałtyckie”
  • Polish: “Kraje bałtyckie”
  • Polish: “państwa bałtyckie”
  • Polish: “państwa nadbałtyckie”
  • Polish: “Pribałtika”
  • Polish: “Pribałtyka”
  • Polish: “republiki bałtyckie”
  • Portuguese: “Estados Bálticos”
  • Portuguese: “Países bálticos”
  • Portuguese: “Países Bálticos”
  • Romanian: “republici baltice”
  • Romanian: “Stat baltic”
  • Romanian: “State baltice”
  • Romanian: “statele baltice”
  • Romanian: “Statele baltice”
  • Romanian: “Țară baltică”
  • Romanian: “Țările Baltice”
  • Russian: “Балтийские страны”
  • Russian: “Балтика”
  • Russian: “Балтия”
  • Russian: “Государства Прибалтики”
  • Russian: “Остзейские провинции”
  • Russian: “Прибалтийские государства”
  • Russian: “Прибалтийские республики”
  • Russian: “Прибалтийские страны”
  • Russian: “Прибалтика”
  • Russian: “Страны Балтии”
  • Sardinian: “Istados bàlticos”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Baltikuum”
  • Scots: “Baltic states”
  • Serbian: “Балтика”
  • Serbian: “балтичка држава”
  • Serbian: “Балтичке државе”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Baltičke države”
  • Skolt Sami: “Baltia valdia”
  • Slovak: “Baltské krajiny”
  • Slovak: “Baltské štáty”
  • Slovak: “Pobaltské krajiny”
  • Slovak: “Pobaltské republiky”
  • Slovak: “Pobaltské štáty”
  • Slovak: “Pobaltský štát”
  • Slovenian: “Baltik”
  • Slovenian: “baltiške države”
  • Slovenian: “baltska država”
  • Slovenian: “baltske države”
  • Slovenian: “Baltske države”
  • Slovenian: “Pribaltik”
  • Somali: “Dowladaha baldiiqa”
  • Spanish: “Estado baltico”
  • Spanish: “Estado báltico”
  • Spanish: “Estados balticos”
  • Spanish: “Estados bálticos”
  • Spanish: “pais baltico”
  • Spanish: “país báltico”
  • Spanish: “paises balticos”
  • Spanish: “países bálticos”
  • Spanish: “Países bálticos”
  • Swahili: “Nchi ya Kibalti”
  • Swahili: “Nchi za Baltiki”
  • Swahili: “Nchi za Kibalti”
  • Swedish: “Balticum”
  • Swedish: “Baltikum”
  • Swedish: “Baltiska länderna”
  • Swedish: “Baltiska staterna”
  • Swedish: “Baltländer”
  • Swedish: “Baltländerna”
  • Swedish: “Baltstat”
  • Swedish: “Baltstaterna”
  • Swedish: “De baltiska länderna”
  • Swedish: “De baltiska staterna”
  • Swiss German: “Baltikum”
  • Tagalog: “Mga estadong Baltiko”
  • Tamil: “பால்டிக் நாடுகள்”
  • Tatar: “Балтыйк буе”
  • Tatar: “Балтыйк илләре”
  • Telugu: “బాల్టిక్ దేశాలు”
  • Telugu: “బాల్టిక్ రాజ్యాలు”
  • Telugu: “బాల్టిక్ రిపబ్లిక్కులు”
  • Telugu: “బాల్టిక్‌లు”
  • Thai: “กลุ่มประเทศบอลติก”
  • Thai: “กลุ่มรัฐบอลติก”
  • Turkish: “Baltık devletleri”
  • Ukrainian: “Балтійські країни”
  • Ukrainian: “Балтія”
  • Ukrainian: “Країни Балтії”
  • Ukrainian: “Остзейський край”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Baltiske staty”
  • Urdu: “بالٹک ریاستیں”
  • Urdu: “بالٹک ممالک”
  • Uzbek: “Boltiq davlatlari”
  • Venetian: “Paezi bàlteghi”
  • Venetian: “stati bàlteghi”
  • Vietnamese: “Các nước Baltic”
  • Vlaams: “Baltische stoatn”
  • Võro: “Baltimaaq”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mga estado nga Baltiko”
  • Welsh: “Gwledydd Baltig”
  • Western Frisian: “Baltikum”
  • Western Frisian: “Baltyske lannen”
  • Western Frisian: “Baltyske steaten”
  • Western Panjabi: “بالٹک ریاستاں”
  • Wu Chinese: “波罗的海国家”
  • Yiddish: “באלטישע לענדער”
  • Yue Chinese: “波羅的海三國”
  • Yue Chinese: “波羅的海國家”
  • “Baltimaaq”

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