Emerald (disambiguation)

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Emerald is a green gemstone. Because of its color, the word emerald is often used to describe a shade of green.

Emerald may also refer to:

Arts and literature

• Emerald Tablet, an alchemical text attributed to Hermes Trismegistus
• Emerald Buddha, a figurine of Buddha made of green jade
• Emerald (ballet), the first movement of George Balanchine's Jewels, often performed by itself
• The Emerald City of Oz, a 1910 book by L. Frank Baum
  • Emerald City, a fictional city in the Land of Oz in the book
• "Emerald", a song by Thin Lizzy
• Emerald, a 2009 album by Alan Stivell
• The Detroit Emeralds, an American R&B vocal group most active in the 1970s
• Emeralds, an ambient music trio from Cleveland, Ohio

Biology

• Hummingbirds; several species in the genera Chlorostilbon, Elvira and Amazilia are called emeralds
• Emerald damselflies, members of the family Lestidae
• Emerald dragonflies, members of the family Corduliidae
• Large emerald, a moth of the family Geometridae
• Emerald dove, a pigeon
• Emerald toucanet, Aulacorhynchus prasinus, a near-passerine bird

Business

• Emerald Group Publishing, a UK publisher of management and business journals
• Emerald Moon Records, a record label
• Emerald Music, a record label
• Emerald Records (1966), a record label
• Emerald Records (2000s), a record label
• Emerald snack nuts, a product line manufactured by Diamond Foods

Computers and software

• Emerald (window decorator), a theme manager for Compiz
• Emerald (programming language), a distributed Object-Oriented programming language

Characters

• "Emerald," the name given to Green Esmeraude in the English-language version of the anime Sailor Moon
• Emerald Empress, a DC Comics supervillain

People

• Caro Emerald (born 1981), Dutch jazz singer
• Emerald Zellers (born 1990), beauty queen from Scottsdale, Arizona
• Emerald Ignacio (born 1980), aka "DriftGirl", is an actor and model
• Marti Emerald (born 1955), elected member of the San Diego City Council

Places

• Emerald, Queensland, Australia
• Emerald, Victoria, a town on the edge of suburbia in Melbourne, Australia
• Emerald, New South Wales, a small township 15 km north of Coffs Harbour, Australia
• Emerald, Prince Edward Island, Canada
• Emerald No. 277, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada
• Emerald, Nebraska, United States
• Emerald, Texas, a ghost town in Crockett County, Texas, United States
• Emerald (CDP), Wisconsin, United States, an unincorporated community
• Emerald, Wisconsin, United States, a town
• Emerald Beach, Missouri, United States
• Emerald Coast, Florida, United States
• Emerald Grove, Wisconsin, United States, an unincorporated community
• Emerald Isle, North Carolina, United States
• Emerald Lake Hills, California, United States
• Emerald Park, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Emerald Township, Minnesota, United States
• Emerald Triangle, California, United States
• The Emerald City, the nickname for Seattle, Washington, United States and several other places; see also Emerald City (disambiguation)
• The Emerald Isle, a nickname for Ireland
• Emerald, Ontario, Canada

Ships

• Emerald-class cruiser, a light cruiser class of two ships in service with the British Royal Navy from 1926 to 1946–1948
• HMS Emerald, the name of numerous British Royal Navy ships
• USS Emerald, the name of more than one United States Navy ship
• SS The Emerald, a Greek-owned passenger cruise ship chartered by Thomson Holidays
• Emerald Princess, a cruise ship

Sports

• Eugene Emeralds, a minor league baseball team in Eugene, Oregon

Video games

• Pokémon Emerald, one of the Pokémon video games
• Emerald (Pokémon), a main character in Pokémon Adventures
• Chaos Emeralds, a set of gems with mythical powers in Sonic the Hedgehog video games

Other

• Émeraude (disambiguation), various meanings
• Emerald network, an ecological network to conserve wild flora and fauna and their natural habitats of Europe
• Emerald (mango), named mango cultivar that originated in Florida