Pescaria

See also: pescaria and pescaría

English

Etymology

From Portuguese [Term?], in reference to its pearl fishery.

Proper noun

Pescaria

(historical) The coast of Tinnevelly.
- 2014, Liam Matthew Brockey, The Visitor: André Palmeiro and the Jesuits in Asia, page 119:
  Like the region's pearls, the Christians of Pescaria were a valuable prize coveted by Europeans.

References

Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “Pescaria”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

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