transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌbe-lō-ˈrə-shə, ˌbye-lō- ]
geographical name
or Bye·lo·rus·sia bē-ˌe-lō-, ˌbye-lō-
constituent republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics bordering on Poland, Lithuania, & Latvia; became independent 1991 — see Belarus