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Pronunciation / Transliteration: pūrvi esiyāī ṭāigar
"दक्षिण कोरिया को एक प्रमुख पूर्वी एशियाई टाइगर माना जाता है।"
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2 senses- 1
An economy of a country in East Asia characterized by high growth rates, rapid industrialization, and an export-driven market.
"South Korea transformed from a war-torn nation into a prominent East Asian Tiger within a few decades." - 2
A collective designation for the highly developed economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan, known collectively as the Four Asian Tigers.
"Economic models from each East Asian Tiger are frequently studied by developing nations seeking rapid modernization."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines the geographic modifier East Asian with Tiger, metaphorically adopted in the late 20th century to describe fiercely aggressive and rapid economic growth. It was popularized by international financial institutions and economists during the late 1980s and 1990s to characterize the booming economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.
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पूर्वी एशियाई टाइगर
Transliteration: pūrvi esiyāī ṭāigar
"दक्षिण कोरिया को एक प्रमुख पूर्वी एशियाई टाइगर माना जाता है।"
东亚小龙
Transliteration: dōng yà xiǎo lóng
"香港和新加坡是著名的东亚小龙经济体。"
동아시아의 호랑이
Transliteration: dong-a-si-a-ui ho-rang-i
"한국은 눈부신 성장을 이룬 동아시아의 호랑이 중 하나입니다."
アジアのNIES
Transliteration: ajia no niizu
"韓国や台湾はアジアのNIESとして急速な経済成長を遂げました。"
tigre est-asiatique
Transliteration: tigʁ ɛst‿a.zjatik
"Singapour est souvent considéré comme un tigre est-asiatique prospère."
ostasiatischer Tiger
Transliteration: ɔst.a.ziˈaː.tɪ.ʃɐ ˈtiː.ɡɐ
"Südkorea gilt als ein bemerkenswerter ostasiatischer Tiger."
tigre dell'Asia orientale
Transliteration: ˈtiː.ɡre delˈlaː.zja o.rjenˈtaː.le
"Taiwan è una tigre dell'Asia orientale economicamente avanzata."
tigre asiático oriental
Transliteration: ˈti.ɣɾe aˈsja.ti.ko o.ɾjenˈtal
"Cada tigre asiático oriental experimentó un crecimiento económico sin precedentes."
tigre asiático oriental
Transliteration: ˈtʃi.ɡɾi aˈzi.a.tiku o.ɾi.enˈtaw
"Hong Kong destaca-se como um tigre asiático oriental de grande importância."
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