White Russia

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White Russia

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Calque of Russian Бе́лая Русь (Bélaja Rusʹ). Compare German Weißrussland, German Low German Wittrussland, Dutch Wit-Rusland, Afrikaans Wit-Rusland, Danish Hviderusland, Faroese Hvítarussland, Swedish Vitryssland, Norwegian Bokmål Hviterussland, Norwegian Nynorsk Kviterussland, Icelandic Hvíta-Rússland, Limburgish Wit-Rusland, Alemannic German Wiissrussland, among others.

proper noun

A historical East Slavic region.
Similar: White Ruthenia, White Rus, Russia Alba
archaic An archaic literal translation for Belarus, a country in Eastern Europe.
Similar: Belarus, Belorussia, Byelorussia
historical The areas controlled by the White Army, as opposed to Soviet ("Red") Russia, one of the sides in the Russian Civil War.

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@misc{white_russia_2026,
  title = {White Russia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/white%20russia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}