BY

Geography & Places abbreviation · Country Code

BY
Stands forBelarus
CategoriesGeography & Places

BY stands for Belarus, a country code abbreviation.

Belarus inherited its B-Y code from the Soviet-era name Byelorussia. Minsk is the capital and BLR the alpha-3 code, and the .by domain is also used for English word plays such as made.by.

Example: EU sanctions lists identify Belarusian entities with the country code BY.

Usage notes

The language code for Belarusian is be, which is also the ISO country code for Belgium. Belarusian and Russian are both official languages, and Russian dominates everyday use in Minsk.

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