Biełaruś

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English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Belarusian Biełaruś.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Biełaruś

  1. (rare) Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe; official name: Republic of Belarus; capital and largest city: Minsk)
    • 1960, Anti-Semitism in Byelorussia and Its Origin: Material for Historical Research and Study of the Subject, London: Byelorussian Central Council, page 68:
      Scattered throughout the world, perishing, dwining, / You still await the Promised One, O Jews, / For Him the sons of Biełaruś are pining, / And thither all will go, both we and you. / Your torch is bright where Palestine is waiting, / Our torch is bright—in Mother-Biełaruś, / The time will come when chains will fall and vanish, / Our chains will fall; all spring will flower for us.
    • 2018, Zina J. Gimpelevich, The Portrayal of Jews in Modern Biełarusian Literature, Montreal, Que.: McGill-Queen’s University Press, →ISBN, page 42:
      Marzaliuk ends his examination of Biełarusian anti-Semitism in the gdl by stating that, without acknowledging the existence of some anti-Semitism in historic Biełaruś, Biełarusians will never understand their distinctiveness in this regard: for even though this particular type of racism existed in the gdl, it never came close to the evil practised by some of Biełaruś’s neighbours.
    • 2023, Zina Gimpelevich, “Fine Art in Biełaruś: The Past”, in Biełarusian Fine Art: Time and Time Again: Origin, History, Discourse, and Biographies, Altona, Man.: FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 21:
      Respectfully, the present study calls the reader’s attention to the historical part, supplemented by biographical data from the early representatives of Biełaruś’s artistic growth. This is followed by an exploration of Biełaruś’s present-day artistic community, and finally, the circle will be closed with an attempt to imagine a future “beginning of the beginning” for Biełaruś and its artists.

Translations

Belarusian

Taraškievica Belarusian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia be-tarask

Alternative forms

Etymology

From historical Бе́лая Русь (Bjélaja Rusʹ, White Ruthenia or White Rus), from Old East Slavic Бѣла Русь (Běla Rusĭ, White Ruthenia or White Rus).

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Proper noun

Biełaruś f inan (genitive Biełarusi, uncountable)

  1. Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)
    Synonym: (historical or poetic) Biełaja Ruś
    Respublika BiełaruśRepublic of Belarus
    u/ŭ Biełarusiin Belarus
    u/ŭ Biełaruśto Belarus
    ź Biełarusifrom Belarus

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