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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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Both defense ministries published a video of what they said were trucks taking nuclear warheads out of storage and delivering them to Belarusian troops.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

Washington lifted sanctions on Belarusian potash and encouraged neighboring countries to do the same, allowing exports that would generate some revenue for the cash-strapped country.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

Police detained two Belarusian citizens, aged 33 and 37, near the Belarusian consulate in the city.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

Roland Garros organisers - after three years of reluctance and excuses - simply had to choose Belarusian top seed Aryna Sabalenka's fourth-round victory over Japan's Naomi Osaka.

From BBC Jun. 1, 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

"It's impossible to turn this page of our history. Belarusians will never think like slaves, like we were before 2020. It was really a revolution of the mind."

From Barron's Feb. 27, 2026

Thirteen Russians and seven Belarusians have been approved across eight sports.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2026

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

She is one of thousands of Belarusians detained and jailed since 2020, when President Alexander Lukashenko launched a major crackdown against dissent following his re-election.

From Barron's Oct. 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 Vaknin, Samuel

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