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Definition of Balt in English: Baltnoun bɒltbɔːltbɔlt 1A speaker of a Baltic language; a Lithuanian or Latvian. Example sentencesExamples - Despite large populations of noncitizens, most of whom did not know the local language, there was almost no violence between Balts and Russian-speakers.
- Song is the soul of the Balts; and their national song festivals feature 30,000-strong choirs.
2A native or inhabitant of one of the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Example sentencesExamples - Many Balts had served in the German forces and there were two Latvian and one Estonian SS divisions.
- Yet most ethnic Balts, who were treated as allies by the Germans but who suffered terribly under Soviet occupation, view the defeat of the Nazis as their own defeat.
- Ukrainians and Balts went on strike in the spring of 1953.
- But it also mentioned Stalin's occupation of the Baltic states, his wartime deportations of Balts and others and the contribution made by US lend-lease equipment to the Soviet victory.
- At different times Stalin conducted mass arrests of Poles, Balts, Chechens, Tartars and on the eve of his death - Jews.
- 2.1historical A German-speaking inhabitant of any of the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
Example sentencesExamples - Her father was a diplomat and courtier, her mother a German-speaking Balt.
- Most of the property belonging to German-speaking Balts, especially the estates, was confiscated.
Origin Late 19th century: from late Latin Balthae 'dwellers near the Baltic Sea'. Rhymes assault, exalt, fault, halt, malt, salt, smalt, vault Definition of Balt in US English: Baltnounbɔltbôlt 1A speaker of a Baltic language; a Lithuanian or Latvian. Example sentencesExamples - Song is the soul of the Balts; and their national song festivals feature 30,000-strong choirs.
- Despite large populations of noncitizens, most of whom did not know the local language, there was almost no violence between Balts and Russian-speakers.
2A native or inhabitant of one of the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Example sentencesExamples - Ukrainians and Balts went on strike in the spring of 1953.
- Many Balts had served in the German forces and there were two Latvian and one Estonian SS divisions.
- Yet most ethnic Balts, who were treated as allies by the Germans but who suffered terribly under Soviet occupation, view the defeat of the Nazis as their own defeat.
- At different times Stalin conducted mass arrests of Poles, Balts, Chechens, Tartars and on the eve of his death - Jews.
- But it also mentioned Stalin's occupation of the Baltic states, his wartime deportations of Balts and others and the contribution made by US lend-lease equipment to the Soviet victory.
- 2.1historical A German-speaking inhabitant of any of the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
Example sentencesExamples - Her father was a diplomat and courtier, her mother a German-speaking Balt.
- Most of the property belonging to German-speaking Balts, especially the estates, was confiscated.
adjectivebɔltbôlt Relating to the Balts. Example sentencesExamples - By the 12th century the Balt peoples were split into tribal groups, all practising nature religions.
- Ancient Balt people called their villages 'Lepels' or 'Yellow Water-lilies' in recognition of the natural beauty of the area.
Origin Late 19th century: from late Latin Balthae ‘dwellers near the Baltic Sea’. |