Vitryssland
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From vit (“white”) + Ryssland (“Russia”), a calque of Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ). Cognate with Danish Hviderusland, Faroese Hvítarussland, Norwegian Bokmål Hviterussland, Norwegian Nynorsk Kviterussland, Icelandic Hvíta-Rússland, German Weißrussland, Dutch Wit-Rusland, Afrikaans Wit-Rusland, English White Russia, Limburgish Wit-Rusland, Alemannic German Wiissrussland, among others.
Proper noun[edit]
Vitryssland n (genitive Vitrysslands)
- Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)
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Further reading[edit]
- Vitryssland in Svensk ordbok.
- Vitryssland on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia sv