Re: New ISO country codes

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From: Andrej Brodnik (Andy)
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1992 22:50

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In article <1992Apr26.010634.2687@timessqr.gc.cuny.edu> dlv@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu writes:
>Remark 1. 'Bela' in 'Belarus' actually stands for 'free'. (Has to do with
>serfdom, Lithuanian domination, etc).

Interesting. Can you give us a bit more background. Namely what is a
root of this word. As far as I know "bela" or "belo" or "bjelo" ... in
most of Slavic languages means "white".

Regards,

Andrej

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Subject: Re: New ISO country codes
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