White Russia

White Russia

See Belarus.

White Russia

n (Placename) another name for Belarus

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

White Russia - a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European sovietBelarus, Belorussia, Byelarus, Byelorussia, Republic of BelarusCIS, Commonwealth of Independent States - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991capital of Belarus, Minsk - the capital of Belarus and of the Commonwealth of Independent StatesGomel, Homel, Homyel - industrial city of Belarus to the southeast of MinskPinsk - a city of southwestern BelarusLubavitch - a town in Belarus that was the center of the Chabad movement for a brief period during the 19th centuryDnieper, Dnieper River - a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black SeaEurope - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British IslesBelorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian - a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia

Translations

Weißrussland