Belorussian
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- noun
- /ˌbɛləˈrʌʃən/
- Archaic
:
bielorruso
- In my thoughts a thousand times I offhandedly telephoned Milosz, a thousand times I bashfully approached him in the yards of Berkeley, a thousand times I greeted him in splendid Lithuanian or Belorussian.
Examples
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With two-thirds of its population Polish and Catholic, the country's ethnic problems with the Ukrainian-Ruthenian, Jewish, German, and Belorussian minorities were serious but not quite as troubling as its preoccupation with the security of its borders.
Academic text (1992) -
Many Belorussian families celebrate their traditional holidays with great enthusiasm.
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Except for 9 Belorussians and 3 Ukrainians, all of the respondents in this group were ethnic Russians.
Academic text (2001) -
Together with Ukrainians and Belorussians, they constitute approximately one third of Estonia's population today.
Academic text (2001) -
He listened to the blissful chirping of Belorussian folk songs until the news returned again at the hour for ten minutes.
Fiction book (1992) -
Armed and wearing a Belorussian coat and bast shoes, Gershanovich went off at night into the thick of the enemy in order to destroy them and visit his dead children.
Fiction book (1998) -
Following the spread of Slavic tribes into the region, the eastern Slavic culture proliferated into Russian, Ukrainian, and Belorussian ethnicities.
Academic text (2000) -
I used to take her with me wherever I went: deep into the Belorussian countryside, to a cabana on the shores of the Black Sea, to Leningrad, to Siberia, to Tbilisi...
Fiction book (2000) -
The Belorussian language is spoken by millions of people in Belarus.
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The Belorussian culture is rich in folklore, music, and art that reflects its history.
Synonyms
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A person from Belarus
Surface Forms
Morphology
Belorussian = Belorussia (transparent) = Belorussia + n
The suffix '-n' is a common way to form demonyms from country names.
Etymology
Belorussian comes from the older name 'Byelorussia', which means 'White Russia': the part belo- means 'white' and Rus' is the same as in Russia, meaning 'land of the Rus'. So a Belorussian is a person from that country, which is now called Belarus.