"White Russia" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Calque of Russian Бе́лая Русь (Bélaja Rusʹ). Cognate with 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. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|ru|Бе́лая Русь}} Calque of Russian Бе́лая Русь (Bélaja Rusʹ), {{cog|de|Weißrussland}} German Weißrussland, {{cog|nds-de|Wittrussland}} German Low German Wittrussland, {{cog|nl|Wit-Rusland}} Dutch Wit-Rusland, {{cog|af|Wit-Rusland}} Afrikaans Wit-Rusland, {{cog|da|Hviderusland}} Danish Hviderusland, {{cog|fo|Hvítarussland}} Faroese Hvítarussland, {{cog|sv|Vitryssland}} Swedish Vitryssland, {{cog|nb|Hviterussland}} Norwegian Bokmål Hviterussland, {{cog|nn|Kviterussland}} Norwegian Nynorsk Kviterussland, {{cog|is|Hvíta-Rússland}} Icelandic Hvíta-Rússland, {{cog|li|Wit-Rusland}} Limburgish Wit-Rusland, {{cog|gsw|Wiissrussland}} Alemannic German Wiissrussland Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=White Russia}} White Russia
  1. (historical) A historical East Slavic region. Tags: historical Synonyms: White Ruthenia, White Rus, Russia Alba
    Sense id: en-White_Russia-en-name-YnHGeq0l Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 16 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 16 43
  2. (archaic) An archaic literal translation for Belarus, a country in Eastern Europe. Tags: archaic Categories (place): Belarus Synonyms: Belarus, Belorussia, Byelorussia [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-White_Russia-en-name-A8st3Hq2 Disambiguation of Belarus: 4 72 23 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 16 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 16 43
  3. (historical) The areas controlled by the White Army, as opposed to Soviet ("Red") Russia, one of the sides in the Russian Civil War. Tags: historical Derived forms: White Russian
    Sense id: en-White_Russia-en-name-QruSo886 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 15 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 16 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 16 43
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