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Byelorussia

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Byelorussia

  • /ˌbjɛləˈɹʌʃə/

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Borrowed from Russian Белоруссия (Belorussija).

proper noun

  1. historical Belarus In Byelorussia, Stalin not only killed 100,000 people in purges and repression in the 1930s but also doomed 1.5 million people and 75 percent of the republic's cities and towns to death and destruction through his half-witted military strategies in World War II.

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"Byelorussia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/byelorussia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Byelorussia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/byelorussia

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"Byelorussia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/byelorussia.

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@misc{byelorussia_2026,
  title = {Byelorussia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/byelorussia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}