bloc

English Thesaurus

1. a group of countries in special alliance (noun.group)

hypernym	:	alignment, alinement, alliance, coalition,
definition	:	an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty (noun.group)

hyponym	:	scheduled territories, sterling area, sterling bloc,
definition	:	the group of countries whose currencies are tied to the British pound sterling (noun.group)