Belarus

Be·la·rus  (bl-rs, bl-rs, byl-) Formerly Be·lo·rus·sia (bl-rsh, byl-) also Bye·lo·rus·sia (byl-) A country of eastern Europe east of Poland and west of Russia. Originally settled by Slavs, the region was subject to Lithuania and Poland before passing to Russia in the late 18th century. It was a constituent republic of the USSR, known as the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, from 1922 to 1991. Minsk is the capital and the largest city. Population: 9,720,000.

Belarus

Thesaurus

Noun

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Belarus - a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet Belorussia, Byelarus, Byelorussia, Republic of Belarus, White Russia CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 capital of Belarus, Minsk - the capital of Belarus and of the Commonwealth of Independent States Gomel, Homel, Homyel - industrial city of Belarus to the southeast of Minsk Pinsk - a city of southwestern Belarus Lubavitch - a town in Belarus that was the center of the Chabad movement for a brief period during the 19th century Dnieper, Dnieper River - a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles Belorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian - a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia

Translations

Belarus [bɛləˈrus] n → Bielorrusia

Belarus [bɛləˈrus] n → Biélorussie f, Bélarus m

Belarus [bɛləˈrus] n → Weißrussland nt

Belarus [ˈbɛlærus] n → Bielorussia