Belarus

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

English

National flag

Alternative forms

• Belarus' (rare)

Etymology

From Slavic *bělъ (“white”) + -a- (connecting morpheme) + 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/, /ˌbeɪləˈɹus/, [ˌbɛlɪ̈ˈɹus], [ˌbeɪ̯lɪ̈ˈɹus]

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• (Eye dialect, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˌbəˈlɑɹʌs/

Proper noun

Belarus

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• Belarusian

Translations

country

• Acehnese: Bèlarusia
• Afrikaans: Wit-Rusland
• Albanian: Bjellorusia (sq) f, Bjellorusi f (indefinite)
• Amharic: ቤላሩስ (belarus)
• Arabic: بِيلَارُوسِيَا‎ f (belarūsiyā), رُوسْيَا اَلْبَيْضَاء‎ f (rūsyā l-bayḍāʾ), بِيلَارُوس‎ f (belarūs)
• Aragonese: Belarrusia
• Armenian: Բելառուս (Belaṙus)
• Asturian: Bielorrusia (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Belarus (az)
• Bashkir: Беларусь (Belarus’)
• Basque: Bielorrusia (eu)
• Belarusian: Белару́сь (be) f (Bjelarúsʹ)
• 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: Кlайгlаскхийн (Klajglasqīn)
• Cherokee: ᏇᎳᎷᏏ (quelalusi)
• Chinese:

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

• Chuvash: Беларуç (Belaruç)
• Czech: Bělorusko (cs) n
• Danish: Hviderusland (da)
• Dutch: Wit-Rusland (nl), Belaroes
• Dzongkha: བེ་ལ་རུ་སུ། (be la ru su)
• Erzya: Белорузия (Beloruzija)
• Esperanto: Belorusujo, Belorusio
• 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

  Alemannic German: Wiissrussland

• Greek: Λευκορωσία (el) f (Lefkorosía)
• 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), (official) Belarusz Köztársaság
• Icelandic: Hvíta-Rússland (is) n
• Ido: Bielorusia (io)
• Indonesian: Belarus (id)
• 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)
• Kalenjin: Belarus
• Kamba: Belarusi
• Kannada: ಬೆಲಾರುಸ್ (kn) (belārus)
• Kashubian: Biôłorusjô f
• Kazakh: Беларус (Belarws)
• Khmer: បេឡារុស (km) (beelaaruh)
• Kikuyu: Belarus
• Korean: 벨라루스 (Bellaruseu), 백러시아 (Baengneosia), 벨로루시 (Bellorusi)
• Kyrgyz: Беларусь (ky) (Belarusʹ)
• 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
• 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: Беларусь (Belarusʹ)
• Nepali: बेलारुस (belārus)
• Norman: Bêlarus m
• Norwegian: Hviterussland (no) (Bokmål), Kviterussland (no) (Nynorsk)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Бѣла Роусь f (Běla Rusĭ)

• Pashto: بېلاروس‎ (belārūs)
• Persian: بلاروس‎ (fa) (belârus)
• Polish: Białoruś (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bielorrússia (pt) f, Belarus (pt)
• Romanian: Belarus (ro) f, Rutenia Albă f, Bielorusia (ro) f
• Russian: Белару́сь (ru) f (Belarúsʹ), Белору́ссия (ru) f (Belorússija)
• Rusyn: Білору́сія f (Bilorúsija), Белару́сь f (Belarúsʹ)
• Samogitian: Baltarosėjė
• Sango: Belarüsi
• Sanskrit: बेलारूस (belārūsa)
• Scots: Belaroushie
• Scottish Gaelic: Bealaruis f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Белорусија f, Бјелорусија f

  Roman: Belorusija f, Bjelorusija (sh) f

• Sicilian: Bielorussia 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), Belarus (sv)
• Tagalog: Belarus (tl)
• Tajik: Беларус (Belarus)
• Tamil: பெலருஸ் (pelarus)
• Tatar: Беларус (Belarus), Беларусия (Belarusiya)
• Telugu: బెలారస్ (te) (belāras)
• Tetum: Bielorúsia
• Thai: เบลารุส (th) (bee-laa-rút)
• Turkish: Beyaz Rusya (tr), Belarus (tr)
• Turkmen: Belarus, Belorussiýa
• Ukrainian: Білору́сь (uk) f (Bilorúsʹ), Білору́сія f (Bilorúsija)
• Urdu: بیلارس‎ m (belārūs)
• Uzbek: Belarus (uz)
• Vietnamese: Bê-la-rút, Bạch Nga
• Volapük: Belarusän
• Võro: Valgõvinne
• Welsh: Belarws, Rwsia Wen
• Yakut: Беларусь (Belarus’)
• Yiddish: ווײַסרוסלאַנד‎ n (vaysrusland), בעלאָרוסיע‎ n (belorusye)
• Yoruba: Bélárúsì

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, Netherlands, 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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Maltese

Proper noun

Belarus m

1. Belarus

Synonyms

• Belarussja

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Belarus f

1. Belarus (a country in eastern Europe)

Synonyms

• Bielorrússia

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Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic	Беларусь‍
Roman	Belarus‍
Perso-Arabic	‍‍

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲeɫaˈrus/

Proper noun

Belarus

1. Belarus

Declension

Inflection of Belarus

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

Synonyms

• Belorussiya (obsolete or historical)