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		Definition of Balt in English: Baltnoun bɒltbɔːltbɔlt 1A speaker of a Baltic language; a Lithuanian or Latvian. 说波罗的语的人;立陶宛人;拉脱维亚人 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. 立陶宛、拉脱维亚或爱沙尼亚等波罗的海国人 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.
立陶宛、拉脱维亚或爱沙尼亚等波罗的海国人 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.
 
  
 
 OriginLate 19th century: from late Latin Balthae 'dwellers near the Baltic Sea'. Rhymesassault, exalt, fault, halt, malt, salt, smalt, vault    Definition of Balt in US English: Baltnounbɔltbôlt 1A speaker of a Baltic language; a Lithuanian or Latvian. 说波罗的语的人;立陶宛人;拉脱维亚人 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. 立陶宛、拉脱维亚或爱沙尼亚等波罗的海国人 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.
立陶宛、拉脱维亚或爱沙尼亚等波罗的海国人 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. 波罗的海国家人的 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.
 
 
 OriginLate 19th century: from late Latin Balthae ‘dwellers near the Baltic Sea’.     |