mother of pearl

An iridescent substance that naturally appears in certain mollusk shells. It is often used as a decorative material for items like buttons and jewelry. The mother of pearl earrings you gave me for my birthday are so beautiful!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gearalt	-	Irish
Galahad	GAL-ə-had (English)	Arthurian Romance
Qiang	-	Chinese
Publius	PUWB-li-uws (Ancient Roman), PUB-lee-əs (English)	Ancient Roman
Ruslan	roo-SLAHN (Russian)	Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Cheche
Sirpa	SEER-pah	Finnish