celtic tiger
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The economy of the Republic of Ireland from the mid-1990s to the late-2000s, a period of rapid real economic growth fuelled by foreign direct investment.
name
Alternative letter-case form of Celtic Tiger
Example Sentences
- "Even aside from the emergence of the “Celtic Tiger,” were the foundations of the Irish manifestation of the global financial crisis laid by deeper structural issues in the Irish economy […] and in Irish political culture[…]?"
- "Ireland shook off its reliance on the UK and became a Celtic tiger. While it might be a pity – and a sad comment on England – Scotland could do the same."
- "“Meet me behind the mall,” Taylor Swift once sang, with all of the American mystique that carries, but for Irish people, there is something distinctly soulless about an out-of-town shopping precinct in the post-recession era. It represents the hubris and corruption of the Celtic tiger bubble, and the struggles faced by Irish people in the years since it burst"
Etymology
Inflected Forms
the Celtic Tiger (canonical)
Phrases
Baltic Tiger
Tatra Tiger
Frequently Paired Words
Baltic Tiger
Tatra Tiger