Baltic.
The Mediterranean of the north (Swedish, balt; Danish, bæltē; Latin, baltēus; English, belt), the sea of the “Belts.”
The Mediterranean of the north (Swedish, balt; Danish, bæltē; Latin, baltēus; English, belt), the sea of the “Belts.”
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.