Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Abwehr. The Abwehr was a German military intelligence organization from 1921 to 1944. The term Abwehr was used as a concession to Allied demands that Germany's postâWorld War I intelligence activities be for defensive purposes only. After 4 February 1938, its name in title was Foreign Affairs/Defence Office of the Armed Forces High Command.
Belarusian Flag Meaning: The green stripe symbolizes the future. Green is the color of hope, spring and revival and the color of Belarus' lands forests and fields. The red represents Belarus' past and the blood of the country's defenders.
1 vote Vote for this answer. The name Belarus derives from the term White Russia, which first appeared in German and Latin medieval literature. The Latin term for the area was Russia Alba. Historically, the country was referred to in English as White Russia, although this is a slight mistranslation.The correct translation is White Ruthenia (White Rus phonetically), which either describes the area of Eastern Europe populated by Slavic people or the various states that occupied the area.us as a state had no proper name; by its inhabitants it was called Ruskaya zemlya (with Ruskaya alternatively spelled Rouskaya, Ruskaya, Rus'kaya, and Russkaya), which might be translated as Rus land or Land of the Rus.