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tiger economy

tiger economy noun: a place enjoying very fast economic growth.

Noun

tiger economy (plural tiger economies)

  1. A place enjoying very fast economic growth.
    • As the levels of education improved, many South East Asian countries became tiger economies.

Forms of tiger economy

pluraltiger economies

Origin of tiger economy

Originally in reference to the "Four Asian Tigers" (South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore), from the importance of the tiger in Asian symbolism.

Questions about tiger economy

What does tiger economy mean?
Tiger economy means a place enjoying very fast economic growth.
What part of speech is tiger economy?
Tiger economy is a noun.
What is the plural of tiger economy?
The plural of tiger economy is tiger economies.

Words near tiger economy in the dictionary

  1. tiger civets
  2. tiger country
  3. tiger cub
  4. tiger cubs
  5. tiger economies
  6. tiger economy
  7. tiger eye
  8. tiger eyes
  9. tiger flower
  10. tiger flowers
  11. tiger gobies

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