White Russia

Etymology
. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, among others.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A historical East Slavic region.
 * 2)  An archaic literal translation for Belarus, a country in Eastern Europe.
 * 3)  Russian State, opposed to the Soviet ("Red") Russia, one of the sides in the Russian Civil War.
 * 1)  Russian State, opposed to the Soviet ("Red") Russia, one of the sides in the Russian Civil War.
 * 1)  Russian State, opposed to the Soviet ("Red") Russia, one of the sides in the Russian Civil War.

Usage notes

 * The Russian pro-monarchy anti-communist side of the Russian Civil War, known as "White Russia", has nothing to do with Belarus or its people.
 * Referring to Belarus as "White Russia" in the modern context often hints sympathy to the Russian imperialism and can be offensive to Belarusians. Similar to how Little Russia can be offensive to Ukrainians.