Balti

noun

Bal·ti ˈbəl-tē ˈbȯl-

: a Tibeto-Burman language of northern Kashmir

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First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Balti was in 1864

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Bălţi

geographical name

ˈbəlts

town formerly in Romania, but now in north central Moldova population 144,000

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