Belarus

See also: belarús, Bélarus, Belarús, Bêlarus, and Belarus'

English

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Alternative forms

• Belarus' (rare)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bělъ (“white”) + -a- (connecting morpheme) + Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “Ruthenia”); The stem bel- is cognate with Balt- (Baltic), from Lithuanian baltas (“white”). Compare Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ), Russian Белару́сь (Belarúsʹ), Белору́ссия (Belorússija).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbɛləˈɹuːs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌbɛləˈɹus/, [ˌbɛlɪ̈ˈɹus]

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Belarus

2. A country in Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Рэспу́бліка Белару́сь (Respúblika Bjelarúsʹ)).

Synonyms

• Belorussia (nonstandard or historical)
• Bielorussia (nonstandard or historical)
• Byelorussia (obsolete)
• White Russia (archaic)

Derived terms

• Belarusan
• Belarusian

Translations

country

• Acehnese: Bèlarusia
• Adyghe: Белоруссие (Belorwssie)
• Afrikaans: Wit-Rusland
• Albanian: Bjellorusia (sq) f, Bjellorusi f (indefinite)
• Amharic: ቤላሩስ (belarus)
• Arabic: بِيلَارُوسِيَا‎ f (bilarūsiyā), رُوسْيَا الْبَيْضَاء‎ f (rūsyā l-bayḍāʾ), بِيلَارُوس‎ f (bilarūs)
• Aragonese: Belarrusia
• Armenian: Բելառուս (Belaṙus), Բելոռուսիա (Beloṙusia)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܠܲܪܘܼܣܝܼܵܐ‎ f (belārusiya)
• Asturian: Bielorrusia (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Belarus (az), Belorusiya (az)
• Bashkir: Беларусь (Belarus’)
• Basque: Bielorrusia (eu)
• Belarusian: Белару́сь (be) f (Bjelarúsʹ), Бе́лая Русь f (Bjélaja Rusʹ) (historical or poetic)
• Bengali: বেলারুশ (bn) (belaruś)
• Breton: Belarus (br)
• Bulgarian: Белару́с (bg) f (Belarús), Белору́сия f (Belorúsija)
• Burmese: ဘီလာရုဇ် (bhilaruj)
• Catalan: Bielorússia (ca) f, Bielarús m
• Chechen: Кӏайгӏаскхийн (Ḳajġasqīn), Белорусси (Belorussi)
• Cherokee: ᏇᎳᎷᏏ (quelalusi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 白俄羅斯, 白俄罗斯 (baak⁶ ngo⁴ lo⁴ si¹)

  Mandarin: 白俄羅斯 (zh), 白俄罗斯 (zh) (Bái'éluósī), 白俄國, 白俄国 (Bái'éguó), 白羅斯 (zh), 白罗斯 (zh) (Báiluósī)

  Min Nan: 白俄羅斯 (zh-min-nan), 白俄罗斯 (zh-min-nan) (Pe̍h-gô-lô-su)

• Chuvash: Беларуҫ (Belaruś)
• Czech: Bělorusko (cs) n, Bělarus f
• Danish: Hviderusland (da) n, Belarus (da) n (official)
• Dhivehi: ބެލަރޫސް‎ (belarūs)
• Dutch: Wit-Rusland (nl) n, Belarus (nl) n (official), Belaroes n
• Dzongkha: བེ་ལ་རུ་སུ། (be la ru su)
• Erzya: Белорузия (Beloruzija)
• Esperanto: Belorusujo, Belorusio
• Estonian: Valgevene (et)
• Farefare: Dusgo-peelga
• Faroese: Hvítarussland n
• Finnish: Valko-Venäjä (fi)
• French: Biélorussie (fr) f, Bélarus (fr) m, Russie blanche (fr) f (dated)
• Galician: Bielorrusia (gl)
• Georgian: ბელარუსი (ka) (belarusi), ბელორუსია (belorusia)
• German: Weißrussland (de) n, Belarus (de) n (official), Belorussland n (East Germany), Weißruthenien n (obsolete)

  Alemannic German: Wiissrussland n

• Greek: Λευκορωσία (el) f (Lefkorosía)

  Ancient: Λευκή Ῥωσία f (Leukḗ Rhōsía)

• Gujarati: બેલારુસ (belārus)
• Hausa: Belarus
• Hebrew: בֵּלָארוּס‎ f (belarús), בֵּלָרוּס‎ f (belarús), רוּסְיָה הַלְּבָנָה‎ f (rúsya hal'vaná)
• Hindi: बेलारूस (hi) m (belārūs)
• Hungarian: Fehéroroszország (hu), Belarusz (hu), Belarusz Köztársaság (official)
• Icelandic: Hvíta-Rússland (is) n, Belarús n
• Ido: Bielorusia (io)
• Igbo: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: Belarus (id)
• Interlingua: Bielorussia
• Irish: an Bhealarúis f, Poblacht na Bealarúise f
• Italian: Bielorussia (it) f, Russia Bianca f
• Japanese: ベラルーシ (ja) (Berarūshi), ベロルシア (Berorushia)
• Kalenjin: Belarus
• Kamba: Belarusi
• Kannada: ಬೆಲಾರುಸ್ (kn) (belārus)
• Kashubian: Biôłorusjô f
• Kazakh: Беларус (Belarus), Белоруссия (Belorussiä)
• Khmer: បេឡារុស (km) (beelaaruh)
• Kikuyu: Belarus
• Korean: 벨라루스 (ko) (Bellaruseu), 백러시아 (Baengneosia), 벨로루시 (ko) (Bellorusi), 벨라루씨 (ko) (Bellarussi) (North Korea), 백로씨야 (Baengnossiya) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Belarûs (ku), Belarûsiya (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Беларусь (ky) (Belarusʹ), Белоруссия (Belorussiya)
• Ladin: please add this translation if you can
• Ladino: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: ເບນລາຮັສ (bēn lā hat), ເບລາລຸດ (bē lā lut)
• Latgalian: Boltkrīveja f
• Latin: Ruthenia Alba f, Belorussia f, Russia Alba f, Albarussia f

• Latvian: Baltkrievija f
• Limburgish: Wit-Rusland
• Lithuanian: Baltarusija (lt) f, Gudija (lt) f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Wittrussland (nds) n

• Luhya: Belarusi
• Macedonian: Белорусија (mk) f (Belorusija), Беларус f (Belarus)
• Malay: Belarus
• Malayalam: ബെലാറുസ് (belāṟusŭ)
• Maltese: Belarus (mt), Belarussja
• Maori: Perarūhi
• Marathi: बेलारूस (belārūs)
• Meru: Belarus
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Беларусь (Byölarusĭ), Белорус (Byölorus), Беларус (Byölarus)

• Nepali: बेलारुस (belārus)
• Norman: Bêlarus m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Hviterussland (no) n, Kviterussland (no) n, Belarus (no) (official)

  Nynorsk: Kviterussland (nn) n, Belarus (nn) (official)

• Occitan: Bielorussia (oc) f
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Бѣла Роусь f (Běla Rusĭ) (White Ruthenia)

• Old East Slavic: Бѣла Русь f (Běla Rusĭ), Бѣла Рꙋсь f (Běla Rusĭ) (White Ruthenia)
• Oriya: ବେଲାଋଷ (belaruṣô)
• Ossetian: Белорусси (Belorussi)
• Pashto: بېلاروس‎ (belārūs), بېلوروسيه‎ f (belorusya)
• Persian: بلاروس‎ (fa) (belârus), بلوروسیه‎ (belorusiye)
• Polish: Białoruś (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bielorrússia (pt) f, Belarus (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਬੇਲਾਰੂਸ (belārūs)
• Romanian: Belarus (ro) f, Rutenia Albă f, Bielorusia (ro) f
• Russian: Белару́сь (ru) f (Belarúsʹ), Белору́ссия (ru) f (Belorússija), Бе́лая Русь f (Bélaja Rusʹ) (historical or poetic)
• Rusyn: Білору́сія f (Bilorúsija), Белару́сь f (Belarúsʹ)
• Samogitian: Baltarosėjė
• Sango: Belarüsi (sg)
• Sanskrit: बेलारूस (belārūsa)
• Scots: Belaroushie
• Scottish Gaelic: Bealaruis f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Белору̀сија f, Бјелору̀сија f

  Roman: Belorùsija f, Bjelorùsija (sh) f

• Sicilian: Bilurussia f
• Silesian: Bjołoruś f
• Sinhalese: බෙලාරස් (belāras), බෙලාරූස් (belārūs)
• Slovak: Bielorusko n
• Slovene: Belorúsija (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Běłoruska f

  Upper Sorbian: Běłoruska f

• Spanish: Bielorrusia (es) f, Belarús m, Rusia Blanca f
• Swahili: Belarusi (sw)
• Swedish: Vitryssland (sv) n, Belarus (sv) n (official)
• Tagalog: Belarus (tl)
• Tajik: Беларус (Belarus), Белоруссия (Belorussiya)
• Tamil: பெலருஸ் (pelarus)
• Tatar: Беларус (Belarus), Беларусия (Belarusiya)
• Telugu: బెలారస్ (te) (belāras)
• Tetum: Bielorúsia
• Thai: เบลารุส (th) (bee-laa-rús)
• Tibetan: བྷེ་ལ་རསུ (bhe la rsu)
• Tigrinya: ቤላሩስ (belarus)
• Turkish: Beyaz Rusya (tr), Belarus (tr)
• Turkmen: Belarus, Belorussiýa
• Ukrainian: Білору́сь (uk) f (Bilorúsʹ), Білору́сія f (Bilorúsija), Бі́ла Русь f (Bíla Rusʹ) (historical or poetic), Бєлару́сь f (Bjelarúsʹ) (non-standard)
• Urdu: بیلارس‎ m (belārūs)
• Uyghur: بېلورۇسسىيە‎ (bëlorussiye)
• Uzbek: Belarus (uz), Belorussiya
• Veps: Vaugedvenäma
• Vietnamese: Bê-la-rút, Bạch Nga
• Votic: please add this translation if you can
• Võro: Valgõvinne
• Welsh: Belarws, Rwsia Wen
• Yakut: Беларусь (Belarus’)
• Yiddish: ווײַסרוסלאַנד‎ n (vaysrusland), בעלאָרוסיע‎ n (belorusye)
• Yoruba: Bélárúsì

See also

• (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, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

Anagrams

• Blauser, Breslau, Laubers

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbeː.laːˈrus/, /ˌbeː.laːˈrys/, /ˌbeː.laːˈrʏs/, /ˌbɛː.laːˈrus/, /ˌbɛː.laːˈrys/, /ˌbɛː.laːˈrʏs/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Be‧la‧rus

Proper noun

Belarus n

1. Belarus (a country in Europe)

   Synonyms: Wit-Rusland, (rare) Belaroes, (obsolete) Wit-Roethenië

Usage notes

• As designation for the country of Belarus, the term was popularised by the mainstream media and official websites following the 2020 Belarusian protests, partially displacing the older Wit-Rusland.

Noun

Belarus m (plural Belarussen, diminutive Belarusje n, feminine Belarussische)

1. Belarusian (male or of unspecified gender)

   Synonym: Wit-Rus

Usage notes

• As designation for an inhabitant of Belarus, the term was popularised by the mainstream media and official websites following the 2020 Belarusian protests, partially displacing the older Wit-Rus.

Noun

Belarus m (plural Belarussen, diminutive Belarusje n)

1. A make of tractor, named for Belarus
   • 1964 October 17, Nieuwsblad van het Noorden‎^[1] (advertisement), Groningen, page 21:

     Wij staan op de Landbouwtentoonstelling te Zuidlaren met Belarus traktoren. Voor de laagst denkbare prijs in Nederland

     We will be present at the Agricultural Exhibition in Zuidlaren with Belarus tractors. At the lowest price imaginable in the Netherlands

Derived terms

• Belarussisch

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːlaˌʁʊs/, /ˈbɛlaˌʁʊs/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Belarus n (proper noun, genitive Belarus' or (with an article) Belarus)

1. (officialese) Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)

   Synonyms: Weißrussland, (obsolete) Weißruthenien, (East Germany) Belorußland

Declension

Declension of Belarus [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Belarus
genitive	eines	des	Belarus
dative	einem	dem	Belarus
accusative	ein	das	Belarus

Derived terms

• belarusisch
• belarussisch

Further reading

• “Belarus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Weißrussland on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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Maltese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Belarus m

1. Belarus (a country in Europe)

   Synonym: Belarussja

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Belarus f

1. Belarus (a country in eastern Europe)

   Synonym: Bielorrússia

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Swedish

Proper noun

Belarus n (genitive Belarus)

1. Belarus (a country in eastern Europe)

Synonyms

• Vitryssland

Related terms

• belarusier
• belarusisk
• belarusiska

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Tagalog

Etymology

From English Belarus or Spanish Belarús.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Be‧la‧rus
• IPA^(key): /belaˈɾus/, [belɐˈɾus]

Proper noun

Belarús

1. Belarus (a country in Europe)

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Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic	Беларусь (Belarusь)‍
Latin	Belarus‍
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

From Russian Белару́сь (Belarúsʹ), from Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲeɫaˈrus/

Proper noun

Belarus

1. Belarus (a country in Europe)

Declension

Declension of Belarus

	singular	plural
nominative	Belarus	Belaruslar
genitive	Belarusning	Belaruslarning
dative	Belarusga	Belaruslarga
definite accusative	Belarusni	Belaruslarni
locative	Belarusda	Belaruslarda
ablative	Belarusdan	Belaruslardan

Possessive forms of Belarus

my	singular	plural
nominative	Belarusim	Belaruslarim
genitive	Belarusimning	Belaruslarimning
dative	Belarusimga	Belaruslarimga
definite accusative	Belarusimni	Belaruslarimni
locative	Belarusimda	Belaruslarimda
ablative	Belarusimdan	Belaruslarimdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	Belarusing	Belaruslaring
genitive	Belarusingning	Belaruslaringning
dative	Belarusingga	Belaruslaringga
definite accusative	Belarusingni	Belaruslaringni
locative	Belarusingda	Belaruslaringda
ablative	Belarusingdan	Belaruslaringdan
her/his/its	singular	plural
nominative	Belarusi	Belaruslari
genitive	Belarusining	Belaruslarining
dative	Belarusiga	Belaruslariga
definite accusative	Belarusini	Belaruslarini
locative	Belarusida	Belaruslarida
ablative	Belarusidan	Belaruslaridan
our	singular	plural
nominative	Belarusimiz	Belaruslarimiz
genitive	Belarusimizning	Belaruslarimizning
dative	Belarusimizga	Belaruslarimizga
definite accusative	Belarusimizni	Belaruslarimizni
locative	Belarusimizda	Belaruslarimizda
ablative	Belarusimizdan	Belaruslarimizdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	Belarusingiz	Belaruslaringiz
genitive	Belarusingizning	Belaruslaringizning
dative	Belarusingizga	Belaruslaringizga
definite accusative	Belarusingizni	Belaruslaringizni
locative	Belarusingizda	Belaruslaringizda
ablative	Belarusingizdan	Belaruslaringizdan
their	singular	plural
nominative	Belarusi	Belaruslari
genitive	Belarusining	Belaruslarining
dative	Belarusiga	Belaruslariga
definite accusative	Belarusini	Belaruslarini
locative	Belarusida	Belaruslarida
ablative	Belarusidan	Belaruslaridan

Synonyms

• Belorussiya (obsolete or historical)