Belarus

English

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

Proper noun

Belarus

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

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Maltese

Etymology

Proper noun

Belarus m

  1. Belarus

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Belarus f

  1. Belarus (a country in eastern Europe)

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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

Synonyms

  • Belorussiya (obsolete or historical)
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