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

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Belarus [ˈbɛləˌrʌs -ˌrʊs], Byelorussia, Belorussia [ˌbjɛləʊˈrʌʃə ˌbɛl-]

n

(Placename) a republic in E Europe; part of the medieval Lithuanian and Polish empires before occupied by Russia; a Soviet republic (1919-91); in 1997 formed a close political and economic union with Russia: mainly low-lying and forested. Languages: Belarussian; Russian. Religion: believers are mostly Christian. Currency: rouble. Capital: Minsk. Pop.: 9 986 000 (2001 est.). Area: 207 600 sq. km (80 134 sq. miles) Also called Byelorussian Republic Bielorussia White Russia

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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 [beləˈrʊs] N → Bielorrusia f

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Belarus [ˈbɛlərʌs ˌbɛləˈrʊs] n → Biélorussie f, Bélarus m

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Belarus

n (Geog) → Weißrussland nt

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Belarus → روسيا البيضاء Bělorusko Hviderusland Weißrussland Λευκορωσία Bielorrusia Valko-Venäjä Belarus Bjelarus Bielorussia ベラルーシ 벨로루시 Wit-Rusland Hviterussland Białoruś Belorússia, Bielorrússia Беларусь Vitryssland ประเทศเบรารุส Beyaz Rusya nước Belarus 白俄罗斯