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:
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[edit] People
- Bruce Pearl, head basketball coach - University of Tennessee
- Daniel Pearl, journalist
- Judea Pearl, professor, scientist, columnist, father of Daniel Pearl
- Minnie Pearl
- Raymond Pearl
- Earl Monroe a.k.a., "The Pearl"
- Pearl Bailey
- Pearl S. Buck
- Pearl Richards Craigie
- Pearl the Observation Car, a character in the musical Starlight Express
[edit] Places
- Iceland
- The Pearl (Perlan), a building
- Panama
- The Pearl Islands, an archipelago in the Gulf of Panama
- Qatar
- The Pearl-Qatar, an artificial island
- Russia
- Baltic Pearl, a neighborhood in Saint Petersburg (ru: Балтийская жемчужина)
- United States
- Pearl, Illinois
- Pearl, Kansas
- Pearl, Michigan
- Pearl, Mississippi
- Pearl District, Portland, Oregon
- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
[edit] Literature
- Pearl (poem)
- Pearl (literary magazine)
- The Pearl (novella)
- The Pearl (erotica)
- P.E.A.R.L. award for paranormal romance
[edit] Music
- Pearl (album), 1971 work by Janis Joplin
- The Pearl (album), 1984 work by Harold Budd and Brian Eno
- Pearls (album), 1981 work by Elkie Brooks
- Pearl Jam, American rock band formed in 1990
- Pearl Drums, a Japanese percussion company, founded in 1952
[edit] Film and television
- La perla (The Pearl), a 1947 film based on John Steinbeck's novel "The Pearl"
- The Pearl, a 2001 film directed by Alfredo Zacarias, based on John Steinbeck's novel
- Pearl (miniseries), from 1978
- Pearl (TV series), from 1996-1997
- The Pearl (DHARMA Initiative), a station on the television show Lost
- Pearl Krabs, a character on SpongeBob SquarePants
- Pearl (One Piece), an character in Eiichirō Oda's manga One Piece
- Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl (anime)
- Pearl is a arrogant mermaid in The Little Mermaid (TV series)
- Pearl Forrester is an antagonist on "Mystery Science Theater 3000"
[edit] Brands and proper names
- Pearl Assurance in the United Kingdom
- Pearl Brewing Company
- Pearl Art and Craft Supply
- Partnership for Enhancing Agriculture in Rwanda through Linkages
- PEARL (programming language)
- The BlackBerry Pearl, telephone
- Tapioca pearls, see: Bubble tea
- TVB Pearl, an English-language TV channel in Hong Kong
[edit] Transportation
- Any of the naval ships named HMS Pearl, from 1708 to 1906
- MS Pearl, a cruise ship launched in 1967, sailing under various names such as Pearl, Ocean Pearl, and Oriental Pearl, renamed in 2000 as the MS Golden Princess
- Norwegian Pearl, cruise ship launched in 2006, of the Norwegian Cruise Line
- The Pearl, a schooner, used in 1848 escape attempt of Edmonson sisters and other slaves
[edit] Other
- Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, videogames
- Pearl Index, calculation measuring the effectiveness of a birth control method
- Pearls Before Swine (comic strip)
- The Pearl, an 1867 legal case; see: List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 72
[edit] See also
- All pages beginning with Pearl
- Pearly Kings and Queens
- Pearl River, a disambiguation page
- Pearl necklace
- Pearl of Great Price
- Perl (programming language)
- Purl, a type of stitch in knitting
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