belarus

Other forms of belarus

plural

belaruses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about belarus

What does belarus mean?

belarus means "a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet".

How many syllables are in belarus?

belarus has 3 syllables: be-la-rus. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /bɛˈlɑɹəs/.

What is another word for belarus?

Close synonyms include Republic of Belarus, Byelarus, Byelorussia, Belorussia, White Russia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is belarus a common word?

belarus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.