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Belarus Pronunciation
Belarus is pronounced be-LAH-ruhs, IPA /bɛˈlɑrəs/.
be-LAH-ruhs
US /bɛˈlɑrəs/
Syllables: be · LAH · ruhs (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
proper noun: A landlocked country in eastern Europe, between Poland and Russia.
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Belarus in a Sentence
- Belarus shares a long border with Lithuania.
- She was born in Belarus and grew up in Warsaw.
- Most of Belarus is forest and marshland.
Common Mispronunciations of Belarus
Not bee-LAH-ruhs
Keep that opening syllable short and unstressed, the e of bet, with no long ee in it.
Not be-luh-ROOZ
Hiss the final s, since a buzzed z there points at the French spelling rather than the English one.
Tip: Dictionaries give be-LAH-ruhs, while bel-uh-ROOS, with the beat right at the end, is at least as common in speech.
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