Hviderusland

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From hvid (“white”) +‎ Rusland (“Russia”), a calque of Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ). Cognate with Faroese Hvítarussland, Swedish Vitryssland, 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]

Hviderusland

  1. Belarus (a country in Europe)

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