HyperDic: white_russia

English > 1 sense of the expression White Russia:
NOUNlocationWhite Russia, Belarus, Republic of Belarus, Byelarus, Byelorussia, Belorussiaa landlocked republic in eastern Europe
English > White Russia: 1 sense > noun 1, location
MeaningA landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet.
SynonymsBelarus, Republic of Belarus, Byelarus, Byelorussia, Belorussia
Instance ofEuropean country, European nationAny one of the countries occupying the European continent
Member ofCommonwealth of Independent States, CISAn alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
MembersByelorussian, Belorussian, White RussianA native or inhabitant of Byelorussia
Part ofEuropeThe 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia)
PartsDnieper, Dnieper RiverA river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea
Homyel, Homel, Gomelindustrial city of Belarus to the southeast of Minsk
LubavitchA town in Belarus that was the center of the Chabad / Chabad movement for a brief period during the 19th century
Minsk, capital of BelarusThe capital of Belarus and of the Commonwealth of Independent States
PinskA city of southwestern Belarus
SpanishBelarus, Belarús, Bielorrusia, Rusia Blanca
CatalanBelarus, Bielorrússia, bielorús, Bielorússia

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