Belarus

[byel-uh-roos, bel‑]

noun

1. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic. Formerly Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic,. a republic in eastern Europe, north of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Minsk.

Belarus

/ ˌbɛl-, -ˌrʊs, ˌbjɛləʊˈrʌʃə, ˈbɛləˌrʌs /

noun

1. Also called: Byelorussian Republic.  Bielorussia.  White Russia. a republic in E Europe; part of the medieval Lithuanian and Polish empires before being occupied by Russia; a Soviet republic (1919–91); in 1997 formed a close political and economic union with Russia: mainly low-lying and forested. Languages: Belarussian; Russian. Religion: believers are mostly Christian. Currency: rouble. Capital: Minsk. Pop: 9 625 888 (2013 est). Area: 207 600 sq km (80 134 sq miles)

Belarus

1. Republic in eastern Europe, bordered to the northwest by Russia, Lithuania, and Latvia, to the northeast, east, and southeast by Russia, to the south by Ukraine, and to the west by Poland. Its capital and largest city is Minsk.

Belarus is also known as White Russia or Belorussia.

This former member of the Soviet Union declared its independence in 1991.

Example Sentences

“Queens” depicts the lives of women from Poland, Ukraine, Honduras, Belarus and Afghanistan, but it is not a finger-wagging reaction to the crackdown on immigrants currently making headlines.

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Instead she was bussed over the border from Belarus into Lithuania with 51 other political prisoners.

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With the Danes having a superior goal difference and facing bottom side Belarus next, Scotland realistically need to at least draw in Piraeus to set up a winner-takes-all showdown at Hampden.

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"They will not get a friendly or puppet government like in Belarus. Putin will not succeed."

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Lithuania will completely close its border with Belarus for a month after dozens of balloons loaded with illegal cigarettes entered its airspace last week, the government said Wednesday.

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