Belarus (Noun)
Meaning
A landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- Belarus shares borders with Russia to the east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north.
- The capital of Belarus is Minsk, which is also the country's largest city.
- Belarus declared its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
- The official languages of Belarus are Belarusian and Russian.
- Belarus has a diverse geography, with forests covering about one-third of the country.