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Encyclopedia > Pearl (disambiguation)
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  • A pearl is a round shiny object produced by mollusks and used in jewelry

Pearl may also refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Freshadama grade cultured freshwater pearls. ...


People:

Places: Daniel Pearl (October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002) was an American journalist who was kidnapped and murdered in Karachi, Pakistan. ... Judea Pearl is a computer science professor at UCLA. He was one of the pioneers of Bayesian networks and the probabilistic approach to artificial intelligence. ... Mariane Pearl (born Mariane van Neyenhoff, July 23, 1967, Clichy-la-Garenne, France) is the widow of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnaped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in early 2002. ... Minnie Pearl was the stage name of Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon (October 25, 1912 - March 4, 1996). ... Raymond Pearl (3 June 1879 - 17 November 1940) was an American biologist, who spent most of his career at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. ... Earl Vernon Monroe (born on November 21, 1944, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), was an American professional basketball player known for his flamboyant dribbling, passing and play-making. ... Pearl Bailey in “St. ... Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, most familiarly known as Pearl S. Buck (birth name Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker; Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973), was a prolific American writer and Nobel Prize winner. ... Pearl Richards Craigie (1867-1906) was an English novelist. ...

Literature: Pearl is a city located in Rankin County, Mississippi. ... This article is about the harbor in Hawaii. ... The Pearl Qatar, when completed. ... Perlan is a building in Reykjavík, Iceland. ... The Pearl District is a former warehouse and light industrial area just north of downtown Portland, Oregon. ... Photo of the Palms hotel tower and the new Fantasy Tower. ... Pearl Islands (or Archipelago de las Perlas in Spanish) is a group of islands on the Pacific side of Panama, the most notable of which is Contadora Island known for its resorts. ... A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community located within a larger city, town or suburb. ...

Music: Pearl is a Middle English alliterative poem written in the late 14th century. ... Pearl #36 2006 Fiction Issue. ... This article is about the 1947 novel. ... The Pearl was a collection of erotic tales that were published in London between 1879 to 1880, when they were forced to shut down by the authorities for publishing rude and obscene literature. ... Anne Leaton (born July 13, 1932) is a novelist, short story writer, and poet whose works have been published in England and America and whose radio plays have been broadcast on the BBC. Born in Cleburne, Texas, she studied English and creative writing at Indiana University and Texas Tech University...

Film and television: Pearl is an album by Janis Joplin, released on February 1, 1971, just four months after her death from a heroin overdose. ... The Pearl (1984) is an album by ambient musicians Harold Budd and Brian Eno. ... Pearls is an album by Elkie Brooks. ... This article is about the rock group. ...

Brands and proper names: La perla (The pearl) is a 1945 production of the Cinema of Mexico. ... Pearl was a 1978 American miniseries on ABC about events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. ... This article is about the television series. ... On the American television show Lost, the fictional Dharma Initiative has built several research stations on islands located somewhere in the South Pacific. ... Pearl Krabs is a fictional character in the Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. ... Don Kriegs Pirate Armada (海賊艦隊, Kaizoku Kantai) is a fictional band of pirates from the anime and manga One Piece, led by Don Krieg. ... For other uses, see Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. ...

Other: Television Broadcasts Limited (SEHK: 0511), commonly known as TVB, was the first over-the-air commercial television station in Hong Kong. ... The Pearl Brewing Company also known as the Pearl Brewery (Pearl) was an American brewery, established in 1883 in San Antonio, Texas. ... Pearl Art and Craft Supply is a large chain of art supply stores. ... This article is about an agricultural programme in Rwanda. ... The Pearl Musical Instrument Company ) is a world leader in the manufacturing of percussion equipment, including drum kits, hand drums, drum hardware, bass drum pedals, mallet percussion, and other auxiliary percussion instruments. ... PEARL, or Process and Experiment Automation Realtime Language, is a computer programming language designed for multitasking and real-time programming. ... The BlackBerry Pearl is a GSM cellular phone developed by Research In Motion, and the first Blackberry device with a camera and other multimedia features. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Pearl milk tea typically found in Taiwan Bubble tea is a tea beverage that originated in Taiwan[1] in the 1980s. ... Wikibooks has a book on the topic of Perl Programming Perl is a dynamic programming language created by Larry Wall and first released in 1987. ...

For other uses, see Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. ... Ace Attorney , lit. ... Pearls Before Swine is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Stephan Pastis, formerly a lawyer in San Francisco, California. ... The HMS Pearl was one of two sloops commanded by Lieutenant Robert Meynard during his battle with and victory over Blackbeard the Pirate. ... This is a list of all the United States Supreme Court cases from volume 72: The Springbok, 72 U.S. (5 Wall. ... Starlight Express is a rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Richard Stilgoe (lyrics), with later revisions by Don Black (lyrics) and David Yazbek (music and lyrics for the 2nd US tour, though much of his contribution was removed for the UK tour after Andrew Lloyd Webber saw it...

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Pearl - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (1580 words)
Pearl is valued as a gemstone and is cultivated or harvested for jewellery.
Freshwater pearls are characterized by the reflection of rainbow colors in the luster.
The value of the pearls in jewelry is determined by a combination of the luster, color, size, lack of surface flaw and symmetry that are appropriate for the type of pearl under consideration.
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