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Belorussia

American  
[byel-uh-ruhsh-uh, bel-uh-] / ˌbyɛl əˈrʌʃ ə, ˌbɛl ə- /

noun

  1. Byelorussia.


Belorussia British  
/ ˌbɛl-, ˌbjɛləʊˈrʌʃə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Belarus

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Other Word Forms

  • Belorussian adjective

Example Sentences

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Having narrowly escaped, Miriam’s group set off for the only place that offered real hope to the Jews interned in ghettos in the former Soviet-occupied territories of Poland and Belorussia: the forest.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2021

Miller’s great-grandparents Wolf and Bessie Glotzer were refugees fleeing the pogroms in Belorussia.

From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2019

And it gives him a sensibility—that’s why he can identify with these hopeless causes in Belorussia or wherever.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 18, 2018

And that came just after Operation Bagration in Belorussia had dealt Hitler's troops a devastating blow.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2015

The woodland of Belorussia was so thick that there was hardly any place to use as an airfield, so the 46th Guards had to take off and land in forest clearings.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein