G8

See also: g8

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of Group of Eight (nations).

Proper noun

G8

1. (politics, historical, 1997–2014) The eight leading industrialized nations: Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and Russia.
2. The former annual meeting of their leaders (prior to Russia's 2014 expulsion from the group).

Coordinate terms

• G2
• G20
• G5
• G6
• G7
• G7+1

 

Translations

Group of 8

• Arabic: مَجْمُوعَةْ اَلثُّمَانِيّ (majmūʕat aṯ-ṯumāniyy), مَجْمُوعَةْ ٨ f (majmūʕat 8)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 八國集團／八国集团 (zh) (bā guó jítuán)

• French: Groupe des huit f
• Georgian: დიდი რვიანი (didi rviani)
• German: Gruppe der Acht f
• Greek: Ομάδα των Οκτώ f (Omáda ton Októ)
• Hindi: समूह-८ (samūh-8)
• Japanese: 主要８ヶ国 (しゅようはっかこく, Shuyō Hakka Koku), 主要八ヶ国 (しゅようはっかこく, Shuyō Hakka Koku), ジーエイト (jī-eito)
• Korean: 지에이트 (Jieiteu)
• Polish: G8 (pl) n
• Portuguese: Grupo dos Oito m
• Russian: Больша́я восьмёрка f (Bolʹšája vosʹmjórka)
• Spanish: grupo de los ocho m