pearl of the Antilles

English

Etymology

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 (plural pearls of the Antilles)

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