Pearl

pearl English <dab!> Etymology From en pearl. river in China From en zh 珠江 Pearl River Zhūjiāng, Zyu1 Gong1; en zh 珠 pearl zhū, zyu1 1. haven in Hawaii From en haw Wai Momi pearl water; en haw momi pearl 1. Proper noun ~ en unisex English. en female English. Chapter VI Her Pearl!—For so had Hester called her; not as a name expressive of her aspect, which had nothing of the calm, white, unimpassioned lustre that would be indicated by the comparison. But she named the infant "Pearl," as being of great price,—purchased with all she had,—her mother's only treasure! en 1992 w:Karen Kijewski Kat's Cradle 7 "What was your name?""Pearl." Ruby and Pearl, mother and daughter. "It's an ugly name, isn't it?""No, it isn't". And I meant it, it wasn't. "Old-fashioned, perhaps, but nice."She stared at me. "Do you know what pearls are? They're ugliness: dirt or sand gets in an oyster and the oyster coats it over so that it won't be irritating." en rare en male English. en English. A placename: en major river p/Guangdong c/China the Pearl River. en April 30, 1859 Review of the Week. The Leader X 475 https://archive.org/details/sim_saturday-analyst-and-leader_1859-04-30_10_475/ 547 https://archive.org/details/sim_saturday-analyst-and-leader_1859-04-30_10_475/page/n2/ 3 The only news of interest brought by the Calcutta and China mail is that the river Pearl, in Southern China, had been explored by a party of the British to the distance of 195 miles. en 1928 April M. T. Liang Combatting the Famine Dragon News Bulletin https://archive.org/details/sim_news-bulletin-institute-of-pacific-relations_1928-04/ w:Institute of Pacific Relations 9 https://archive.org/details/sim_news-bulletin-institute-of-pacific-relations_1928-04/page/9/ During these ten years the northern province of Chihli, with a population of over 32,000,000, has been inundated thrice; the Huai River running through three central provinces, with people more in number than half those of the United States, overflowed twice; the two provinces of Hunan and Kiangsi, south of the Yangtsze River, likewise densely populated, have also been inundated twice, and Shantung Province, with its teeming millions, has had its territory flooded from the outbreak of the Yellow River; while the southern rivers, the Pearl in Kwangtung Province, the Min in Fukien Province, and other streams have, during the period, more than once contributed their toll of destruction. en 2021 John Reibetanz Earth Words: Coversing with Three Sages https://books.google.com/books?id=LPcrEAAAQBAJ 978-0-2280-0901-6 1241730310 The Pearl is a river system in southern China. en Pearl River (Etymology 2): a river in Mississippi and Louisiana, which empties into the Gulf of Mexico, en @ellipsis of:Pearl Harbor harbor isl/Oahu s/Hawaii c/USA in the Pacific Ocean. Derived terms en Pearline Further reading Pearl (given name) Pearl (surname) Pearl (disambiguation) Anagrams en aelpr APLer Alper lepra paler parle repla Cebuano Etymology From ceb en Pearl, from en pearl. Proper noun ceb proper noun ceb female English Quotations ceb Tagalog Etymology tl en Pearl, from en pearl. Pronunciation perl # Proper noun perl tl female English