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Belarusian

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[bel-uh-roos-ee-uhn, byel-] / ˌbɛl əˈrus i ən, ˌbjɛl- /

adjective

  1. relating or belonging to Belarus, its people, or their culture or language.


noun

  • Belarusians
    plural
  1. a native or inhabitant of Belarus.

  2. the Slavic language spoken in Belarus.

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European and other carriers were banned from Russian and Belarusian skies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Look, we know who she is, the 28-year-old Belarusian who’s been the best women’s player on earth for the past half-decade and entered the Open as the back-to-back champion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Having also beaten the Belarusian to win this year's Australian Open title, Rybakina now has the opportunity to inflict further damage.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Memorial group received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 -- months after Russia launched its offensive on Ukraine -- alongside jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and Ukraine's Centre for Civil Liberties.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

The Belarusian government has lagged behind the governments of most other former Soviet states in economic reform, with privatization almost nonexistent.

From The 1995 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

But in the Baltic territories ruled by Germany’s Gen. Paul von Hindenburg, the national development of Belarusians, Latvians and Lithuanians was encouraged to weaken Polish influence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

For Russia in particular, the territory was a source of constant imperial anxiety owing to the conflicting national ambitions of the Belarusians, Lithuanians, Poles, Ukrainians and others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Six Russians and four Belarusians will be allowed to take part under their own flags at the Milan-Cortina Paralympics rather than as neutral athletes, the Games' governing body confirmed to AFP on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

Hundreds of thousands of Belarusians are estimated to have left their country since the brutal crackdown on widespread opposition protests in 2020.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025

They are only hesitantly and tentatively Macedonians, or Moldovans, or Belarusians, or Kazakhs, or Yugoslavs.

From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Samuel Vaknin

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