BRIC

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BRIC

Sounds like brick

Where it comes from

Coined by British economist Jim O'Neill in 2001.

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Brazil, Russia, India and China: a group of countries with similarly fast-growing economies. Now that the financial crisis has derailed BRIC and rich country alike, there are many good reasons for pessimism.

noun BRICs

  1. Any of those four countries.

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name Brazil, Russia, India, and China

EspañolBRIC
한국어브릭 Beurik
日本語ブリック Burikku
中文金磚四國 /金砖四国 Jīn zhuān sì guó, BRIC, 磚塊 /砖块 zhuānkuài
हिन्दीबी.आर.आई.सी. bī.ār.āī.sī., ब्रिक brik
PortuguêsBRIC
FrançaisBRIC
DeutschBRIC
ItalianoBRIC
РусскийБРИК BRIK
العربيةبْرِيك brīk

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@misc{bric_2026,
  title = {BRIC},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bric},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}