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White Russia

American  

noun

  1. Byelorussia.


White Russia British  

noun

  1. another name for Belarus

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Twenty-one German generals had been captured in the disastrous Battle of White Russia, which they bitterly described as "a game of chance."

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The great offensive in White Russia reduced the Finnish campaign, which had started last fortnight, to the status of a side show.

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Territory in the dispute covers roughly 74,000 sq. mi., including the Polish Ukraine and "White Russia," which the U.S.S.R. seized in 1939 when Germany attacked Poland from the west.

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The Bible has been a source of inspiration for Marc Chagall ever since he was a boy living in the ghetto of Vitebsk in White Russia.

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There is a considerable number of fruit producing specimens in the Masir district in the north of White Russia.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934 by Northern Nut Growers Association

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