Pescaria

See also: pescaria and pescaría

English

Etymology

From Portuguese pescaria, in reference to its pearl fishery.

Proper noun

Pescaria

  1. (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.

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