Type Country
Usage Belarusian, Russian, English, Portuguese, Indonesian, Malay
Scripts Беларусь(Belarusian, Russian)
Meaning & History
Means "white Russia", from the Slavic root белъ (belu) meaning "white" and RUS. This is the name of a country in eastern Europe. Many languages use a translation of "white Russia" to refer to the country, for example German Weißrussland and Swedish Vitryssland.