Baltic region

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Population density in the wider Baltic region.
Population density in the wider Baltic region.
A contemporary transnational Euroregion encompasses the islands of the Baltic countries.
A contemporary transnational Euroregion encompasses the islands of the Baltic countries.

The Baltic region is an ambiguous term that refers to slightly different combinations of countries in the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea.

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[edit] Etymology

The first to name it the Baltic Sea ("Mare Balticum") was eleventh century German chronicler Adam of Bremen.

[edit] Denotation

Depending on the context the Baltic region might stand for:

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