English > Belorussia: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet. |
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| Synonyms | Belarus, Republic of Belarus, Byelarus, Byelorussia, White Russia |
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| Instance of | European country, European nation | Any one of the countries occupying the European continent |
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| Member of | Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS | An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 |
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| Members | Byelorussian, Belorussian, White Russian | A native or inhabitant of Byelorussia |
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| Part of | Europe | The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia) |
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| Parts | Dnieper, Dnieper River | A river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea |
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| Homyel, Homel, Gomel | industrial city of Belarus to the southeast of Minsk |
| Lubavitch | A town in Belarus that was the center of the Chabad / Chabad movement for a brief period during the 19th century |
| Minsk, capital of Belarus | The capital of Belarus and of the Commonwealth of Independent States |
| Pinsk | A city of southwestern Belarus |
| Spanish | Belarus, Belarús, Bielorrusia, Rusia Blanca |
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| Catalan | Belarus, Bielorrússia, bielorús, Bielorússia |
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