Definition of Belorussian

1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Byelorussia.

Exact synonyms: Byelorussian, White Russian
Group relationships: Belarus, Belorussia, Byelarus, Byelorussia, Republic Of Belarus, White Russia
Generic synonyms: European

Definition of Belorussian

1. Proper noun. The language spoken in Belarus. ¹

2. Adjective. Having to do with Belarus; formerly called White Russia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Belorussian

Bellinis
Bellis
Bellis perennis
Bellman-Ford algorithm
Belloc
Bellona
Bells
Belluno
Belmont
Belmont Park
Belmont Stakes
Belmopan
Belo Horizonte
Belonidae
Belorussia
Belorussian
Belostomatidae
Belsen
Belsey Mark IV operation
Belsey Mark IV procedure
Belsey Mark V procedure
Belshazzar
Beltane
Beltian body
Beltway
Beltway bandit
Beltway bandits
Beluga
Belugas
Belvoir

Literary usage of Belorussian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rise of Nations in the Soviet Union: American Foreign Policy and the by Michael Mandelbaum (1991)
"... 2.7 Polish 2.5 Azerbaijan Azerbaijani 78.1 Russian 7.9 Lithuania Lithuanian 80.1 Armenian 7.9 Russian 8.6 Belorussia belorussian 79.4 Polish 7.7 Russian ..."

2. Long Road to Recovery; Community Responses to Industrial Disaster by James Kenneth Mitchell (1996)
"1993. Ukraine: The Road to Independence. New York: St. Martin's Press. State Committee of Statistics of the belorussian SSR. 1990. ..."

3. England and the North: The Russian Embassy of 1613-1614 by Maija Jansson, N. M. Rogozhin, Paul Bushkovitch (1994)
"... in the latter case, with the complete removal from the agenda of the question of the return to Moscow of the Ukrainian and belorussian lands. ..."

4. Unchained Reactions: Chernobyl, Glasnost, and Nuclear Deterrence by Arthur T. Hopkins (1994)
"Most likely, we would behave the same way in his clinic.17 The assistant director of the belorussian Academy of Sciences' Biophysics Institute later ..."

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