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{{also|pearl}}
{{also|pearl}}
==English==
==English==
{{wikipedia|lang=en|Pearl (disambiguation)}}

===Etymology===
From {{m|en|pearl}}.
* {{sense|river in China}} From {{der|en|zh|珠江||Pearl River|tr=Zhūjiāng, Zyu1 Gong1}}; {{calque|en|zh|珠||pearl|tr=zhū, zyu1|nocap=1}}.
* {{sense|haven in Hawaii}} From {{der|en|haw|Wai Momi|t=pearl water}}; {{calque|en|haw|momi||pearl|nocap=1}}.


===Proper noun===
===Proper noun===
{{en-proper noun}}
{{en-proper noun|~}}


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# {{given name|en|female|from=English}}.
[[File:Example.jpg]]
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#* {{RQ:Hawthorne Scarlet Letter|[[s:The Scarlet Letter/VI|Chapter VI]]|text=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!}}

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#* {{quote-text|en|year=1992|author=w:Karen Kijewski|title=Kat's Cradle|page=7
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# {{given name|female|from=English}} from the English noun [[pearl]].
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|passage="What was your name?"<br>"'''Pearl'''." Ruby and '''Pearl''', mother and daughter. "It's an ugly name, isn't it?"<br>"No, it isn't". And I meant it, it wasn't. "Old-fashioned, perhaps, but nice."<br>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."}}
#* '''1850''' [[w:Nathaniel Hawthorne|Nathaniel Hawthorne]], ''[[s:The Scarlet Letter/VI|The Scarlet Letter, Chapter VI]]:
# {{surname|en}}.
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#*: 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!
# A [[placename]]:
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#*'''1992''' [[w:Karen Kijewski|Karen Kijewski]], ''Kat's Cradle'', page 7:
## {{lb|en|with '''{{m|en|the}}'''}} {{ellipsis of|en|Pearl River|dot=:}} [[various]] Pearl [[river|Rivers]] across the world.
#*:"What was your name?"
### [[particularly|Particularly]], {{place|en|river|p/Guangdong|c/China|a=the}}, the [[major]] [[river]] of Canton Province in the People's Republic of China.
#*:"'''Pearl'''." Ruby and '''Pearl''', mother and daughter. " It's an ugly name, isn't it?"
###* {{quote-book
#*:"No, it isn't". And I meant it, it wasn't. "Old-fashioned, perhaps, but nice."
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#*: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."
|year=2021
|first=John
|last=Reibetanz
|title=Earth Words: Coversing with Three Sages
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPcrEAAAQBAJ
|ISBN=978-0-2280-0901-6
|OCLC=1241730310
|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=LPcrEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT174]
|text=The '''Pearl''' is a river system in southern China.}}
## {{ellipsis of|en|Pearl Harbor|dot=:}} {{place|en|harbor|isl/Oahu|s/Hawaii|c/USA|in the|ocean/Pacific|a=a}}.


===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aelpr|APLer|Alper|lepra|paler|parle|repla}}
* [[APLer#English|APLer]]

* [[paler#English|paler]]
==Cebuano==
* [[parle#English|parle]]

===Etymology===
From {{der|ceb|en|Pearl}}, from {{m|en|pearl}}.

===Proper noun===
{{head|ceb|proper noun}}

# {{given name|ceb|female|from=English}}

====Quotations====
{{seeCites|ceb}}

==Tagalog==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|tl|en|Pearl}}, from {{m|en|pearl}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr|perl}}

===Proper noun===
{{tl-proper noun|b=perl}}


# {{given name|tl|female|from=English}}
[[ru:Pearl]]
[[sr:Pearl]]

Latest revision as of 09:41, 1 October 2024

See also: pearl

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

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From pearl.

Proper noun

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Pearl (countable and uncountable, plural Pearls)

  1. A female given name from English.
    • 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Chapter VI”, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
      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!
    • 1992, Karen Kijewski, Kat's Cradle, page 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."
  2. A surname.
  3. A placename:
    1. (with the) Ellipsis of Pearl River: various Pearl Rivers across the world.
      1. Particularly, the river in Guangdong, China, the major river of Canton Province in the People's Republic of China.
        • 2021, John Reibetanz, Earth Words: Coversing with Three Sages‎[1], →ISBN, →OCLC, page [2]:
          The Pearl is a river system in southern China.
    2. Ellipsis of Pearl Harbor: a harbor in Oahu, Hawaii, United States, in the Pacific.

Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English Pearl, from pearl.

Proper noun

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Pearl

  1. a female given name from English

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Pearl.

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Pearl, from pearl.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Pearl (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜎ᜔)

  1. a female given name from English
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