Tigre

Ti·gre

T0212300 (tē′grā, -grĕ) A city of eastern Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.

Ti·gré

T0212400 (tē-grā′)n. A Semitic language of Eritrea.

Tigre

(ˈtiːɡreɪ) or Tigrayn1. (Placename) an autonomous region of N Ethiopia, bordering on Eritrea: formerly a separate kingdom. Capital: Mekele. Pop: 4 334 996 (2005 est)2. (Languages) a language of NE Ethiopia, belonging to the SE Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family

Ti•gre

or Ti•gré

(tiˈgreɪ)
n. 1. an Ethiopian Semitic language spoken mainly in Eritrea and adjacent parts of the Sudan. 2. Tigrean.

Tigre

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Tigre

(tē`grā), city (1991 pop. 256,005), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. A railroad terminus and river port with good road connections, Tigre is a market for the fruit grown in the surrounding area. The city has sawmills and shipyards, as well as a naval museum.

Tigre

a people of northern Ethiopia, living in the vicinity of the cities of Akordat, Keren and Massawa in northern Eritrea and on the islands of the Dahlak Archipelago, as well as in Kassala Province of the Republic of the Sudan.

The Tigre number more than half a million (1970, estimate). Their language, Tigre, is related to the southern peripheral group of Semitic languages. Most Tigre are Muslims, although some are Monophysite Christians. Their primary occupations are the breeding of cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and mules and the cultivation of wheat, teff, durra, barley, and legumes. In the vicinity of Massawa, the Tigre fish and gather nacre and pearls.

REFERENCES

See under TIGRAI.

Acronym

Definition

TIGRE➣Threaded Interpretive Graph Reduction Engine

TIGRE➣Texas Internet Grid for Research and Education

TIGRE➣Tracking and Imaging Gamma Ray Experiment (physics)

TIGRE➣Threaded Interpretive Graph Reduction Engine (computer science)