Pescaria

See also: pescaria and pescaría

English

Etymology

From Portuguese [Term?], 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.

References

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