What does "belarus" mean?

A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus. Capital and largest city: Minsk.

How do you pronounce "belarus"?

Pronounced //ˌbɛ.ləˈɹus//.

Common synonyms include: belorussia, belorussia, bielorussia, bielorussia, byelarus, byelorussia.

//ˌbɛ.ləˈɹus// name

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Proper Noun

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A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus. Capital and largest city: Minsk.
"At a signing ceremony in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on May 29, the presidents of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan ratified the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) into existence. An EEU modeled on the European Union was first mooted back in 1994 by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, but took off only after his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, seized upon its potential as a Moscow-centered, Asia-oriented alternative to the EU. […] Belarus was always going to be the most willing partner in Russia’s attempts at self-aggrandizement."

"Adherents of various religions live in Belarus."

Borrowed from Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ).

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