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white russia

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables
white rus-sia
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A historical East Slavic region.

name

An archaic literal translation for Belarus, a country in Eastern Europe.

Archaic

name

The areas controlled by the White Army, as opposed to Soviet ("Red") Russia, one of the sides in the Russian Civil War.

Etymology

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.

Usage

Phrases

White Russian

Synonyms

White Ruthenia White Rus Russia Alba Belarus Belorussia Byelorussia

Questions

What does white russia mean?
A historical East Slavic region.
Where does white russia come from?
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.

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