pearl

Summary

pearl ranks in the top 0.95% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,134 views/month, #743 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• pearl is made of nacre^[2].
• pearl is a type of animal product^[3].
• pearl is a type of organic gem^[4].
• pearl is a type of spherical body^[5].
• pearl is used for traditional costume^[6].
• pearl is used for fashion accessory^[7].
• pearl is used for jewelry^[8].
• pearl's Commons category is recorded as Pearls^[9].
• pearl's streak color is recorded as rainbow colours^[10].
• pearl's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pearls^[11].
• pearl's Commons gallery is recorded as Pearl^[12].
• pearl's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[13].
• pearl's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• pearl's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• pearl's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[16].
• pearl's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[17].
• pearl's described by source is recorded as hedendaagsesieraden.nl^[18].
• pearl's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[19].
• pearl's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• pearl's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921^[21].
• pearl's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[22].
• pearl's different from is recorded as bead^[23].
• pearl's MCN code is recorded as 7101.10.00^[24].
• pearl's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include animal product^[3], organic gem^[4], and spherical body^[5].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include traditional costume^[6], fashion accessory^[7], and jewelry^[8].

Influence

Things named for pearl include Manipur^[26], a state of India^[27], in India^[28], founded in 1972^[29]; February^[30], a calendar month^[31]; margarite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; and Biserujka cave^[34], a show cave^[35], in Croatia^[36].

Why It Matters

pearl ranks in the top 0.95% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,134 views/month, #743 of 77,819).^[1] pearl has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] pearl is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for pearl include Manipur^[26], a state of India^[27], in India^[28], founded in 1972^[29]; February^[30], a calendar month^[31]; margarite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; and Biserujka cave^[34], a show cave^[35], in Croatia^[36].