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what is a tigre of islands

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updated Sep 8, 2011
posted by hyde
¡Bienvenido al foro! Welcome to the forum! - 0074b507, Sep 8, 2011

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Your description may be referring to this:

Islas de Tigre, Argentina (Tigre delta in Argentina..Paraná River)

Tigre, Argentina

updated Sep 8, 2011
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
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The word "tiger" has been somehow re-spelled from the original Old English "tigras", from Old French "tiger" (like in Spanish), taken from Greek "tigris" through Latin.

updated Sep 18, 2011
posted by lazarus1907
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I think tigre means tiger or jaguar

updated Sep 8, 2011
posted by brittanyclark
Jaguar????? No way! - lazarus1907, Sep 8, 2011
Well, that's my dictionary says. :-) Only in Latin America though. - brittanyclark, Sep 8, 2011
http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=tigre Says that here, too. - 0074b507, Sep 8, 2011
Thanks for providing a reference! :-) - brittanyclark, Sep 8, 2011
Not jaguar! >:( I'm from México - Belldjin, Sep 8, 2011
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tiger

updated Sep 8, 2011
posted by katydew
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According to "Collins" Jaguar = Tigre in Latin America.

updated Sep 8, 2011
posted by Eddy