Belorussia

[byel-uh-ruhsh-uh, bel-uh-]

noun

1. Byelorussia.

Belorussia

/ ˌbɛl-, ˌbjɛləʊˈrʌʃə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Belarus

Other Word Forms

• Belorussian adjective

Example Sentences

The Germans first stormed through the cities of the Soviet states of Belorussia and Ukraine.

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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.

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It referred to Belarus as Belorussia, a Soviet-era designation that was dropped nearly three decades ago but is still widely used in Russia.

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He had fought in the summer of 1941 in the forests of western Belorussia and Ukraine.

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

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