Vitryssland

Swedish

Etymology

From vit (“white”) +‎ Ryssland (“Russia”), a calque of Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ). Cognate with Danish Hviderusland, Faroese Hvítarussland, Norwegian Bokmål Hviterussland, Norwegian Nynorsk Kviterussland, Icelandic Hvíta-Rússland, German Weißrussland, Dutch Wit-Rusland, Afrikaans Wit-Rusland, English White Russia, Limburgish Wit-Rusland, Alemannic German Wiissrussland, among others.

Proper noun

Vitryssland n (genitive Vitrysslands)

1. Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)

Synonyms

• Belarus

Related terms

• vitrysk
• vitryska
• vitryss

References

• Vitryssland in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH