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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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Belarusian opposition chief in exile, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, on Tuesday condemned the incident.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

The Belarusian has a history of letting her emotions get the better of her, most recently in her quarter-final defeat from a set up at the French Open.

From BBC Sep. 8, 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

Salzburg, Austria — “Optimism doesn’t mean pretending everything is fine,” the Belarusian flutist and political activist Maria Kalesnikava said in this year’s Salzburg Festival keynote address.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

The overvalued rubel has especially hurt Belarusian exporters, most of which now operate at a loss.

From The 1996 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The same conditions applied to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics at which 15 Russians and 17 Belarusians competed, winning a combined five medals.

From Barron's Feb. 19, 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

Then, lifting the red and white flag from his shoulders, he had a message for Belarusians everywhere.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2025

Those restrictions have since been eased, with Russians and Belarusians allowed to compete individually as neutral athletes, without their national flag or symbols.

From BBC Dec. 4, 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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