Editing Baltic Sea (section)

===Name in other languages===
The Baltic Sea was known in ancient Latin language sources as {{lang|la|Mare Suebicum}} or even {{lang|la|Mare Germanicum}}.<ref>Cfr. [[Hartmann Schedel]]'s 1493 ([[:File:Schedelsche Weltchronik d 287.jpg|map]]), where the Baltic Sea is called ''Mare Germanicum'', whereas the Northern Sea is called ''Oceanus Germanicus''.</ref> Older native names in languages that used to be spoken on the shores of the sea or near it usually indicate the geographical location of the sea (in Germanic languages), or its size in relation to smaller gulfs (in Old Latvian), or tribes associated with it (in Old Russian the sea was known as the Varanghian Sea). In modern languages, it is known by the equivalents of "East Sea", "West Sea", or "Baltic Sea" in different languages:
* "Baltic Sea" is used in Modern English; in the [[Baltic languages]] [[Latvian language|Latvian]] ({{lang|lv|Baltijas jūra}}; in Old Latvian it was referred to as "the Big Sea", while the present day Gulf of Riga was referred to as "the Little Sea") and [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]] ({{lang|lt|Baltijos jūra}}); in [[Latin]] ({{lang|la|Mare Balticum}}) and the [[Romance languages]] [[French language|French]] ({{lang|fr|Mer Baltique}}), [[Italian language|Italian]] ({{lang|it|Mar Baltico}}), [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] ({{lang|pt|Mar Báltico}}), [[Romanian language|Romanian]] ({{lang|ro|Marea Baltică}}) and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ({{lang|es|Mar Báltico}}); in [[Greek language|Greek]] ({{lang|el|Βαλτική Θάλασσα}} {{lang|el-latn|Valtikí Thálassa}}); in [[Albanian language|Albanian]] ({{lang|sq|Deti Balltik}}); in [[Welsh language|Welsh]] ({{lang|cy|Môr Baltig}}); in the [[Slavic languages]] [[Polish language|Polish]] ({{lang|pl|Morze Bałtyckie}} or {{lang|pl|Bałtyk}}), [[Czech language|Czech]] ({{lang|cs|Baltské moře}} or {{lang|cs|Balt}}), [[Slovenian language|Slovenian]] ({{lang|sl|Baltsko morje}}), [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] ({{lang|bg|Балтийско море}} {{lang|bg-latn|Baltijsko More}}), [[Kashubian language|Kashubian]] ({{lang|csb|Bôłt}}), [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] ({{lang|mk|Балтичко Море|italic=no}} {{lang|mk-latn|Baltičko More}}), [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] ({{lang|uk|Балтійське море}} {{lang|uk-latn|Baltijs′ke More}}), [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]] ({{lang|be|Балтыйскае мора|italic=no}} {{lang|be-latn|Baltyjskaje Mora}}), [[Russian (language)|Russian]] ({{lang|ru|Балтийское море}} {{lang|ru-latn|Baltiyskoye More}}) and [[Serbo-Croatian]] ({{lang|sh|Baltičko more}} / {{lang|sr-Cyrl|Балтичко море}}); in [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] ({{lang|hu|Balti-tenger}}).
* In [[Germanic languages]], except English, "East Sea" is used, as in [[Afrikaans]] ({{lang|af|Oossee}}), [[Danish language|Danish]] ({{lang|da|Østersøen}} {{IPA|da|ˈøstɐˌsøˀn̩|}}), [[Dutch language|Dutch]] ({{lang|nl|Oostzee}}), [[German language|German]] ({{lang|de|Ostsee}}), [[Low German]] ({{lang|nds|Oostsee}}), [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] and [[Faroese language|Faroese]] ({{lang|is|Eystrasalt}}), [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] ([[Bokmål]]: {{lang|nb|Østersjøen}} {{IPA|no|ˈø̂stəˌʂøːn|}}; [[Nynorsk]]: {{lang|nn|Austersjøen}}), and [[Swedish language|Swedish]] ({{lang|sv|Östersjön}}). In [[Old English]] it was known as {{lang|ang|Ostsǣ}},<ref>The [[Old English Orosius]]</ref> which does not however mean 'east sea' and may be related to a people known in the same work as the ''Osti''.<ref>Portham, 1880, p61</ref> Also in [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] the former name was {{lang|hu|Keleti-tenger}} ("East-sea", due to German influence). In addition, [[Finnish language|Finnish]], a [[Finnic languages|Finnic language]], uses the term {{lang|fi|Itämeri}} "East Sea", possibly a [[calque]] from a Germanic language. As the Baltic is not particularly eastward in relation to Finland, the use of this term may be a leftover from the period of Swedish rule.
* In another Finnic language, [[Estonian language|Estonian]], it is called the "West Sea" ({{lang|et|Läänemeri}}), with the correct geography (the sea is west of Estonia). In [[South Estonian]], it has the meaning of both "West Sea" and "Evening Sea" (''Õdagumeri''). In the endangered [[Livonian language]] of Latvia, the sea (and sometimes the [[Irbe Strait]] as well) is called the "Large Sea" ({{lang|liv|Sūŗ meŗ}} or {{lang|liv|Sūr meŗ}}).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Livones.net - Burājot lībiešu jūrā: debespušu nosaukumi lībiešu valodā |url=http://www.livones.net/lv/norises/2021/burajot-libiesu-jura-debespusu-nosaukumi-libiesu-valoda |access-date=20 July 2023 |website=www.livones.net |language=en |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720221923/http://www.livones.net/lv/norises/2021/burajot-libiesu-jura-debespusu-nosaukumi-libiesu-valoda |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.visit.dundaga.lv/userfiles/files/546/Livoniancoast_En2020.pdf |title=A JOURNEY ALONG THE LIVONIAN COAST / REIZ PIDS LĪVÕD RANDÕ |access-date=20 July 2023 |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720223044/https://www.visit.dundaga.lv/userfiles/files/546/Livoniancoast_En2020.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>