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
- The Emerald Isle, a nickname for the island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea
- 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
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