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Type Country
Usage Belarusian, Russian, English, Portuguese, Indonesian, Malay
Scripts Беларусь(Belarusian, Russian)
Meaning & History
Means "white Russia", from the Slavic root bělŭ 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.