Pearl

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A pearl is a round shiny object produced by mollusks and used in jewelry.

Pearl may also refer to:

People

• Bruce Pearl (born 1960), head basketball coach - University of Tennessee
• Daniel Pearl (1963–2002), American journalist who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan
• Judea Pearl (born 1936), professor, scientist, columnist, father of Daniel Pearl
• Minnie Pearl (1912–1996), an American country comedienne
• Raymond Pearl (1879–1940), an American biologist, regarded as one of the founders of biogerontology
• Earl Monroe (born 1944) a.k.a., "Earl The Pearl" , an American professional basketball player
• Pearl Bailey (1918–1990), an American singer and actress
• Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973), an American sinologist and Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer
• Pearl Richards Craigie (1867–1906), Anglo-American novelist and dramatist, who wrote under the pen-name John Oliver Hobbes
• Pearl the Observation Car, a character in the musical Starlight Express

Places

Iceland

• The Pearl (Perlan), a landmark building in Reykjavík

Panama

• The Pearl Islands, an archipelago in the Gulf of Panama

Qatar

• The Pearl-Qatar, an artificial island

United States

• Pearl, Illinois, a village
• Pearl, Kansas, an unincorporated rural area in Dickinson County
• Pearl, Michigan, an unincorporated community in Clyde Township, Allegan County
• Pearl, Mississippi, a city in Rankin County
• Pearl District, Portland, Oregon, an area in the city of Portland
• Pearl Harbor, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii

Literature

• The Pearl (novel), by John Steinbeck
• Pearl (poem), a Middle English alliterative poem written in the late 14th century
• Pearl (literary magazine), an American literary journal founded by Joan Jobe Smith in 1974
• The Pearl (erotica), a collection of 18 erotic tales, rhymes, songs and parodies published in London between July 1879 to December 1880
• P.E.A.R.L. (Paranoramal Excellence Award for Romantic Literature), an award for paranormal romance

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
• The Pearls, an English vocal duo, founded in 1972
• Pearl Award, an award celebrating "excellence in faith-centered music", sponsored by the Faith Centered Music Association

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), a character in Eiichirō Oda's manga One Piece
• Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl (anime)
• Pearl, an arrogant mermaid in The Little Mermaid (TV series)
• Pearl Forrester, an antagonist on Mystery Science Theater 3000

Brands and proper names

• Pearl Brewing Company
• Pearl Art and Craft Supply
• Pearl Drums - a musical instrument manufacturer
• 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
• Pearl Life Assurance Insurance Company with £60 billion turnover.

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 the Edmonson sisters and other slaves

Other

• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, videogames
• Pearl Index, calculation measuring the effectiveness of a birth control method
• The Pearl, an 1867 legal case; see: List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 72

See also

• All pages beginning with "Pearl"
• All pages with titles containing "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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