The word means White Russia. Nobody knows for sure why "white". Most likely, this has to do with predominantly fair skinned and blond people living in that former Russian region which recently became an independent country.
Weissrusland is the name for Belarus in German.
Belarus officially called the Republic of Belarus
None. Belarus is landlocked.
* Russia * Belarus * Ukraine
Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland, and Latvia are all countries that border Belarus.
Belarus
Biélorussie is a French equivalent of 'Belarus'. The complete name is 'La République de la Biélorussie', which means 'The Republic of Belarus' or 'The Belarus Republic'. But it may be shortened to 'Le Bélarus' too.
The name Belarus means "White Russia", but it is no longer a state - Belarus has been an independent country since 1991.
Europe
The capital of Belarus is Minsk. There are seven regions of Belarus: City of Minsk Brest Gomel Grodno Mogilev Minsk Vitebsk Each region's capital shares the same name as its region. The city of Minsk is its own separate region and falls as the capital of Belarus and the Minsk region.
There are no ports in Belarus because Belarus is a landlocked country.
The country is called Belarus.Its official name is the Republic of Belarus, but prior to independence it was known as Belorussian (Byelorussian) Soviet Socialist Republic.