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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

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 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

Croft says the Belarusian would benefit from applying the same level of poise during her matches.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Ethnic groups: Lithuanian 80.6%, Russian 8.7%, Polish 7%, Belarusian 1.6%, other 2.1%

From The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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

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

"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

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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