belarusian

Everyday

1. From or to do with Belarus, a country in eastern Europe between Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia and Ukraine. tree →
2. A person from Belarus. tree →
3. The Belarusian language, a Slavic language close to Ukrainian and Russian. tree →

In the lessons

In geography and current events lessons it names the people, language and things of Belarus, whose capital is Minsk. In news, Belarus is often mentioned as an ally of Russia; its people are described in their own right. It tells the reader where someone or something comes from.

Examples

• Minsk is the Belarusian capital. tree →
• Our new classmate is Belarusian and speaks three languages. tree →
• Belarusian is written in the Cyrillic alphabet. tree →
• Many Belarusians love potato pancakes called draniki. tree →
• We learned a Belarusian folk song in music. tree →
• The Belarusian forests are home to European bison. tree →
• Belarusian sounds a bit like Ukrainian and Polish. tree →

Note

Proper adjective and noun, so write it with a capital B: Belarusian, a Belarusian, Belarusians. The input is lower case only because of the word list. Older spellings «Byelorussian» and «White Russian» are out of date. Not the same as Russian.