Belarus
UK/ˈbɛləɹuːs/
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British/ˈbɛləɹʉws/
Belarus proper noun: a country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus. Capital and largest city: Minsk.
Proper noun
Belarus
- A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus. Capital and largest city: Minsk.
- At a signing ceremony in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on May 29, the presidents of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan ratified the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) into existence. An EEU modeled on the European Union was first mooted back in 1994 by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, but took off only...2014 July 1, Frank Jacobs, “Welcome to Stanistan”, in Foreign Policy, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2023
- In addition to the violence, "pushbacks" towards Belarus are increasing.2024 July 24, Marlène Panara, “Poland allows police to open fire on migrants at the Belarusian border”, in InfoMigrants
- Synonyms:
- Belorussia, Bielorussia, Byelorussia, White Russia
Belarus meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Belarus in Hindi
- country
- बेलारूस belārūs
Belarus in Tamil
- country
- பெலருஸ் pelarus, பெலாரஸ் pelāras
Belarus in Marathi
- country
- बेलारूस belārūs
Belarus in Urdu
- country
- بیلارُوس belārūs, سَفید رُوس safed rūs
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- Belarus in Bengali
- বেলারুশ belaruś
- Belarus in Telugu
- బెలారస్ belāras
- Belarus in Malayalam
- ബെലാറുസ് belāṟusŭ
- Belarus in Kannada
- ಬೆಲಾರುಸ್ belārus
- Belarus in Punjabi
- ਬੇਲਾਰੂਸ belārūs, بیلارُوس belārūs
- Belarus in Gujarati
- બેલારુસ belārus
- Belarus in Odia
- ବେଲାଋଷ belāruṣa
- Belarus in Sanskrit
- बेलारूस belārūsa
- Belarus in Sinhala
- බෙලාරස් belāras, බෙලාරූස් belārūs
- Belarus in Nepali
- बेलारुस belārus
- Belarus in Pashto
- بېلاروس belārūs, بېلوروسيه belorusya
- Belarus in Tagalog
- Belarus, Biyelorusya
- Belarus in Arabic
- بِيلَارُوسِيَا bīlārūsiyā, رُوسْيَا الْبَيْضَاء rūsyā l-bayḍāʔ, بِيلَارُوس bīlārūs
- Belarus in Malay
- Belarus
- Belarus in Indonesian
- Belarus, Belarusia
- Belarus in Persian
- بِلاروس, بِلوروسِیِه belorusiye, روسِیِهٔ سِفید rusiye-ye sefid
- Belarus in Thai
- เบลารุส bee-laa-rús
- Belarus in Vietnamese
- Bê-la-rút, Bạch Nga
- Belarus in Myanmar
- ဘီလာရုဇ် bhilaruj
- Dhivehi
- ބެލަރޫސް belarūs
- Dzongkha
- བེ་ལ་རུ་སུ། be la ru su
Synonyms of Belarus
Forms of Belarus
| alternative form (rare) | Biełaruś |
|---|---|
| alternative form (rare) | Bielarus |
| alternative form (rare) | Bielarus' |
| alternative form (rare) | Belarus' |
Origin of Belarus
Borrowed from Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ), from historical Бе́лая Русь (Bjélaja Rusʹ, “White Ruthenia or White Rus”).
Words formed from Belarus
Phrases with Belarus
Questions about Belarus
- What does Belarus mean?
- Belarus means a country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus. Capital and largest city: Minsk.
- What is Belarus in Hindi?
- Belarus in Hindi is बेलारूस (belārūs). See Belarus meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Belarus?
- Belarus is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Belarus?
- Belarus is pronounced /ˈbɛləɹuːs/ (UK).
Words near Belarus in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Belarus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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