Bye·lo·rus·sia

(byĕl′ō-rŭsh′ə)

Byel′o·rus′sian adj. & n.

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Byelorussia

Byelorussian Republic

(Placename) a variant spelling of Belarus

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Be•lo•rus•sia

(ˌbyɛl əˈrʌʃ ə, ˌbɛl ə-)

n.

a former name of Belarus. Also, Byelorussia. Former official name, Belorus′sian So′viet So′cialist Repub′lic.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

Byelorussia - a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet

Belarus, Belorussia, Byelarus, 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

Byelorussia

[ˌbjeləʊˈrʌʃə] N → Bielorrusia f

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Byelorussia

[ˌbɛləʊˈrʌʃə ˌbjɛləʊˈrʌʃə] n → Biélorussie f

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Byelorussia

n → Weißrussland nt

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Byelorussia

[ˌbjɛləʊˈrʌʃə] n → Bielorussia

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