Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tiger economy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: tiger e-con-o-my
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place enjoying very fast economic growth.

Example Sentences

"As the levels of education improved, many South East Asian countries became tiger economies."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

tiger economies (plural)

Questions

What does tiger economy mean?: A place enjoying very fast economic growth.
Where does tiger economy come from?: Originally in reference to the "Four Asian Tigers" (South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore), from the importance of the tiger in Asian symbolism.

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