Byelorussia

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/ˌbjɛləˈɹʌʃə/

proper noun

Belarus

OriginRussian Белоруссия →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalBelarus

    In Byelorussia, Stalin not only killed 100,000 people in purges and repression in the 1930s but also doomed 1.5 million people and 75 percent of the republic's cities and towns to death and destruction through his half-witted military strategies in World War II.

    1992, Richard Nixon, “The Former Evil Empire”, in Seize the Moment, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 57

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
belaruswhite russia

Origin

  1. RussianБелоруссия
  2. EnglishByelorussia

Borrowed from Russian Белоруссия (Belorussija).

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APA

Byelorussia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Byelorussia

MLA

“Byelorussia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Byelorussia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Byelorussia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Byelorussia.

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