White Russia

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Meaning

The areas controlled by the White Army, as opposed to Soviet ("Red") Russia, one of the sides in the Russian Civil War.
An archaic literal translation for Belarus, a country in Eastern Europe.
A historical East Slavic region.

Etymology / origin

Calque of Russian Бе́лая Русь (Bélaja Rusʹ). Compare 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.

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