Belorussia

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

noun

1. Byelorussia ( ).

Belorussia

/ ˌbɛl-; ˌbjɛləʊˈrʌʃə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Belarus

Other Words From

• Belo·russian adjective noun

Example Sentences

Borisov was a town the 125th had liberated from the Germans in Belorussia.

From Literature

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

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

From New York Times

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

From The New Yorker

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

From The New Yorker