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English word origin

Etymology of BRIC

Coined by British economist Jim O'Neill in 2001.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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name

Initialism of Brazil, Russia, India and China: a group of countries with similarly fast-growing economies.

noun

Any of those four countries.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Coined by British economist Jim O'Neill in 2001.

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