The Pearl Coast

Preserved but no longer current.

Meaning · English

So the early Spanish ex- plorers named the Venezuelan coast from Cumana to Trinidad; the islands off this coast were called the Pearl Islands. This district was the site of large pearl-fisheries. Peasants' War, The.

Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Common questions

What does “The Pearl Coast” mean?

So the early Spanish ex- plorers named the Venezuelan coast from Cumana to Trinidad; the islands off this coast were called the Pearl Islands. This district was the site of large pearl-fisheries. Peasants' War, The.

Is “The Pearl Coast” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.