pearl of the Antilles
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pearl of the Antilles
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Calque of French perle des Antilles, from being the richest and most prosperous French colony in the West Indies.
noun the pearl of the Antilles · pearls of the Antilles
- Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti)
- Cuba
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title = {pearl of the Antilles},
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