Byelorussia
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Bye·lo·rus·sia
(byĕl′ō-rŭsh′ə) See Belarus.
Byel′o·rus′sian adj. & n.
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Byelorussia
orByelorussian Republic
n
(Placename) a variant spelling of Belarus
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Be•lo•rus•sia
(ˌbyɛl əˈrʌʃ ə, ˌbɛl ə-)n.
a former name of Belarus. Also, Byelorussia. Former official name, Belorus′sian So′viet So′cialist Repub′lic.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 capital of Belarus, Minsk - the capital of Belarus and of the Commonwealth of Independent States Pinsk - a city of southwestern Belarus Lubavitch - a town in Belarus that was the center of the Chabad movement for a brief period during the 19th century Dnieper, Dnieper River - a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles |
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Byelorussia
n → Weißrussland nt
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