Belarus

See also: Bélarus and Bêlarus

English

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Etymology

From Slavic *bel (“white”) + -a- (connecting morpheme) + Русь (Rusĭ, “Ruthenia”); The stem bel- is cognate with Balt- (Baltic), from Lithuanian baltas (“white”). Compare Belarusian Беларусь (Belarús’), Russian Беларусь (Belarús’), Белоруссия (Belorússija).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl.ə.ɹus/

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Proper noun

Belarus

1. A country in Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Рэспублiка Беларусь (Respublika Bjelarusʹ)).

Synonyms

• Belorussia
• Byelorussia (obsolete)
• White Russia (obsolete)

Derived terms

• Belarusian
• Byelorussian SSR

Translations

country

• Afrikaans: Wit-Rusland
• Albanian: Bjellorusia (sq) f
• Arabic: بيلاروسيا f (bilaruusya), روسيا البيضاء f (ruusya al-bayDaa'), البيلاروس m (al-bilaruus)
• Armenian: Բելառուս (Belaṙus)
• Asturian: Bielorrusia (ast)
• Azeri: Belarus
• Basque: Bielorrusia (eu)
• Belarusian: Беларусь (be) f (Belarús’), Biełaruś f (Biełaruś) (Łacinka)
• Bengali: বেলারুশ (belarush)
• Breton: Belarus (br)
• Bulgarian: Беларус (bg) f (Belarús)
• Burmese: ဘီလာရုဇ်နိုင်ငံ (bilarok naingngan), ဘီလာရုဇ် (bilarok)
• Catalan: Bielorússia (ca) f, Bielarús m
• Chechen: Кlайгlаскхийн (Klajglasqīn)
• Cherokee: ᏇᎳᎷᏏ (Quelalusi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白俄羅斯, 白俄罗斯 (zh) (Bái'éluōsī), 白俄國, 白俄国 (Bái'éguó)

• Czech: Bělorusko (cs) n
• Danish: Hviderusland (da)
• Dutch: Wit-Rusland (nl), Belaroes
• Dzongkha: བེ་ལ་རུ་སུ།
• Esperanto: Bjelorusio, Belorusujo, Belorusio, Bjelorusujo
• Estonian: Valgevene (et)
• Faroese: Hvítarussland n
• Finnish: Valko-Venäjä (fi)
• French: Biélorussie (fr) f, Bélarus (fr) m
• Galician: Bielorrusia (gl)
• Georgian: ბელარუსი (belarusi)
• German: Weißrussland (de) n, (official) Belarus (de) f
• Greek: Λευκορωσία (el) f (Lefkorosía)
• Gujarati: બેલારુસ (belārus)
• Hebrew: בֵּלָארוּס f (belarús), בֵּלָרוּס‎ f (belarús), רוסיה הלבנה f (rúsya hal'vaná)
• Hindi: बेलारूस (hi) m (belārūs)
• Hungarian: Fehéroroszország (hu), Belarusz (hu), (official) Belarusz Köztársaság
• Icelandic: Hvíta Rússland n
• Indonesian: Belarus
• Interlingua: Bielorussia
• Irish: An Bhealarúis f, Poblacht na Bealarúise f
• Italian: Bielorussia (it) f
• Japanese: ベラルーシ (ja) (Berarūshi), ベロルシア (Berorushia)
• Jèrriais: Bêlarus m
• Kalenjin: Belarus
• Kamba: Belarusi
• Kannada: ಬೆಲಾರುಸ್ (kn) (belārus)
• Kazakh: Беларус (Belarws)
• Khmer: បេឡារុស (belaaruuh), បេឡារុស្ស (beḷāruss), បែឡារូស (bæḷārūs)
• Kikuyu: Belarus
• Korean: 벨라루스 (ko) (Bellaruseu)
• Kyrgyz: Беларусь (Belarusʹ)
• Lao: ເບນລາຮັສ, ເບລາລຸດ (bēlālut)

• Latgalian: Boltkrīveja f
• Latin: Ruthenia Alba f, Belorussia f, Russia Alba f, Albarussia f
• Latvian: Baltkrievija (lv) f
• Limburgish: Wit-Rusland
• Lithuanian: Baltarusija (lt) f, Gudija (lt) f
• Luhya: Belarusi
• Macedonian: Белорусија (mk) f (Belorúsija), Беларусь f (Belarús’)
• Malay: Belarus
• Malayalam: ബെലാറുസ് (belāṟus)
• Maltese: Belarus, Belarussja
• Marathi: बेलारूस (belārūs)
• Meru: Belarus
• Mongolian: Беларусь (Belarusʹ)
• Nepali: बेलारुस (belārus)
• Norwegian: Hviterussland (no) (Bokmål), Kviterussland (no) (Nynorsk)
• Old Church Slavonic: Бѣла Роусь f (Běla Rusĭ)
• Pashto: بېلاروس
• Persian: بلاروس (fa) (Belârus)
• Polish: Białoruś (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bielorrússia (pt) f, Belarus (pt)
• Romanian: Belarus (ro) f, Rutenia Albă f, Bielorusia f
• Russian: Беларусь (ru) f (Belarús’), Белоруссия (ru) f (Belorússija)
• Rusyn: Білорусія f (Bilorúsija), Беларусь f (Belarús’)
• Sanskrit: बेलारूस (belārūsa)
• Scots: Belaroushie
• Scottish Gaelic: Bealaruis f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Белорусија f, Бјелорусија f

  Roman: Belorusija f, Bjelorusija f

• Sicilian: Bielorussia f
• Silesian: Bjołoruś f
• Sinhalese: බෙලාරස් (balāras), බෙලාරූස් (balārūs)
• Slovak: Bielorusko n
• Slovene: Belorúsija f
• Spanish: Bielorrusia (es) f, Belarús m, Rusia Blanca f
• Swahili: Belarusi (sw)
• Swedish: Vitryssland (sv)
• Tagalog: Belarus (tl)
• Tajik: Беларус (Belarus)
• Tamil: பெலருஸ் (pelarus)
• Tatar: Беларус (Belarus), Беларусия (Belarusia)
• Telugu: బెలారస్ (te) (belāras)
• Thai: เบลารุส (th) (belārus̄), ประเทศเบลารุส (bpràtêt belārus̄)
• Turkish: Beyaz Rusya (tr), Belarus (tr)
• Turkmen: Belarus, Belorussiýa
• Ukrainian: Білорусь (uk) f (Bilorús’), Білорусія f (Bilorúsija)
• Urdu: بیلارس m (belārūs)
• Uzbek: Belarus (uz)
• Vietnamese: Bê-la-rút, Belarus, Bạch Nga
• Võro: Valgõvinne
• Welsh: Belarws, Rwsia Wen
• Yakut: Беларусь (Belarus’)
• Yiddish: ווײַסרוסלאַנד n (Vaysrusland), בעלאָרוסיע n (Belorusye)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Belarus
• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City ^{(Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of Europe)}

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Galician

Proper noun

Belarus f

1. Belarus

Synonyms

• Bielorrusia

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Maltese

Proper noun

Belarus m

1. Belarus

Synonyms

• Belarussja

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Belarus f

1. Belarus (country)

Synonyms

• Bielorrússia