English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Slavic *bělъ ( “ white ” ) + -a- (connecting morpheme) + Русь ( Rusĭ , “ Ruthenia ” ) ; The stem bel- is cognate with Balt- Baltic baltas ( “ white ” ) . Compare Belarusian Белару́сь ( Bjelarúsʹ ) , Russian Белару́сь ( Belarúsʹ ) , Белору́ссия ( Belorússija ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] ( UK ) IPA (key ) : /ˌbɛləˈɹuːs/ ( US ) IPA (key ) : /ˌbɛləˈɹus/ , /ˌbeɪləˈɹus/ , [ˌbɛlɪ̈ˈɹus] , [ˌbeɪ̯lɪ̈ˈɹus] Proper noun [ edit ] Belarus
A country in Europe . Official name: Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Рэспу́блiка Белару́сь ( Respúblika Bjelarúsʹ ) ). Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
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 Belarussja
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 [ edit ] Appendix:Place names in Belarus (countries of Europe country 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 [ edit ] Maltese [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Proper noun [ edit ] Belarus m
Belarus Synonyms [ edit ] Portuguese [ edit ] Proper noun [ edit ] Belarus f
Belarus Europe Synonyms [ edit ] 
