English Explanatory Dictionary

pearl of the Antilles

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti)
  2. Cuba

Word forms

pearl of the Antilles the pearl of the Antilles pearls of the Antilles

Etymology

Calque of French perle des Antilles, from being the richest and most prosperous French colony in the West Indies.

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