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BRICS
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brics Brics
English
Etymology
Earlier en BRIC.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-BRICS.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en geopolitics economics en Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa an international economic organization comprising several fast-growing economies.
en August 28, 2023 w:CNN BRICS expansion is a big win for China. But can it really work as a counterweight to the West? https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/28/china/china-brics-expansion-victory-intl-hnk/index.html As shown by the BRICS expansion and the long waiting list to join, Xi’s offer of an alternative world order is finding receptive ears in the Global South, where many countries feel themselves marginalized in an international system they see as dominated by the US and its wealthy allies. https://web.archive.org/web/20250125102947/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/28/china/china-brics-expansion-victory-intl-hnk/index.html 25 January 2025
Translations
BRICS
Afrikaans: af BRICS
Arabic: ar بْرِيكْس m briks
Armenian: hy ԲՌԻԿՍ
Belarusian: be БРЫКС m
Bulgarian: bg БРИКС m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 金磚五國 Jīnzhuānwǔguó, cmn 金磚國家 Jīnzhuānguójiā
Finnish: fi BRICS
German: de BRICS
Hindi: hi ब्रिक्स
Japanese: ja ブリックス Burikkusu
Korean: ko ^브릭스
Macedonian: mk БРИКС m
Malayalam: ml ബ്രിക്സ്
Marathi: mr ब्रिक्स
Mongolian: mn БРИКС
Polish: pl BRICS m
Portuguese: pt BRICS m-p
Russian: ru БРИКС m, ru БРЮ́КИ f-p
Spanish: es BRICS m-p m-s f-s
Tamil: ta பிரிக்
Turkish: tr BRICS
Ukrainian: uk БРІКС m
Vietnamese: vi BRICS
See also
en IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa)
en CIVETS (Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, and South Africa)
Anagrams
en bcirs CBIRS cribs
en Brazil China India Russia South Africa Organizations
Portuguese
pt:
Proper noun
m-p,m
pt politics economics en BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
Spanish
es:
Alternative forms
es Brics
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-p,m,f
es geopolitics economics en BRICS
Usage notes
It is valid both the use of the masculine plural and the masculine singular. The use of the feminine singular is also valid, although rare.es BRICS, escritura adecuada https://fundeu.fiile.org.ar/page/recomendaciones/id/640/title/-BRICS-%2C-escritura-adecuada Fundéu Fundéu Argentina 31 August 2023 4 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20241204223340/https://fundeu.fiile.org.ar/page/recomendaciones/id/640/title/-BRICS-%2C-escritura-adecuada 4 December 2024
References
es acronyms