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
Sunder	-	Indian, Hindi, Tamil
Cassius	KASH-əs (English), KAS-ee-əs (English)	Ancient Roman, English
Zdenka	-	Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Czech
Sansone	sahn-SO-ne	Italian
Milodrag	-	Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)
Hiram	HIE-rəm (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English