Polesian

noun

Po·​le·​sian

pōˈlēzhən

plural -s

: a member of a people inhabiting the eastern European district of Polesie and being dialectally Belorussian

Word History

Etymology

Polesie, district in southwest White Russia and northwest Ukraine, U.S.S.R. + English -an

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