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Belarus

noun

a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet

• Syn: ↑Republic of Belarus, ↑Byelarus, ↑Byelorussia, ↑Belorussia, ↑White Russia

• Derivationally related forms: ↑Belarusian

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑European country, ↑European nation

• Member Holonyms: ↑Commonwealth of Independent States, ↑CIS

• Part Holonyms: ↑Europe

• Member Meronyms: ↑Byelorussian, ↑Belorussian, ↑White Russian

• Part Meronyms:

↑Minsk, ↑capital of Belarus, ↑Homyel, ↑Homel, ↑Gomel, ↑Pinsk, ↑Lubavitch, ↑Dnieper, ↑Dnieper River

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Belarus [Belarus] [ˌbeləˈruːs] [ˌbeləˈruːs] noun singular

a country in eastern Europe

Useful english dictionary. 2012.