Emerald (disambiguation)

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, literature, and entertainment

Music

• The Detroit Emeralds, an American R&B vocal group most active in the 1970s
• Emerald (Alan Stivell album), 2009
• Emerald (Dar Williams album), 2015
• Emerald (ballet), the first movement of George Balanchine's Jewels, often performed by itself
• Emeralds (band), an ambient music trio from Cleveland, Ohio
• "Emerald" (Thin Lizzy song)

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

Literature

• The Emerald City of Oz, a 1910 book by L. Frank Baum

Biology

• Several species of hummingbird called emeralds in the genera
• Chlorostilbon
• Cynanthus
• Elvira
• Amazilia
• 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 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

Fictional characters and places

• Emerald City, a fictional city in the Land of Oz in the book
• Emerald Empress, a DC Comics supervillain
• Emerald, the name given to Green Esmeraude in the English-language version of the anime Sailor Moon
• Emerald Haywood, a character from the 2022 film Nope
• Emerald Zirconia Goldenbraid, a main character in Mysticons in which she is the legendary Mysticon Knight
• Emerald, a character from the series Steven Universe
• Emerald Sustrai, a character from the series RWBY

People

• Caro Emerald (born 1981), Dutch jazz singer
• Marti Emerald, elected member of the San Diego City Council
• Emerald (given name)

Places

Australia

• Emerald, Queensland, a town in the Central Highlands Region
• Emerald, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
• Emerald, New South Wales, a small township north of Coffs Harbour

Canada

• Emerald, Prince Edward Island
• Emerald, Ontario
• Rural Municipality of Emerald No. 277, Saskatchewan
• Emerald Park, Saskatchewan

United States

• Emerald Lake Hills, California
• Emerald Triangle, California
• Emerald Coast, Florida
• Emerald Township, Minnesota
• Emerald Beach, Missouri
• Emerald, Nebraska
• Emerald Isle, North Carolina
• Emerald, Pennsylvania
• Emerald, Texas, a ghost town in Crockett County, Texas
• Emerald (CDP), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Emerald, Wisconsin, a town
• Emerald Grove, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Other places

• Emerald Island, a nickname for the island of Lesbos
• Emerald Isle, a nickname for Ireland
• Equatorial Emerald (), a nickname for Indonesia, see Names of Indonesia

Ships

• , light cruiser class of two ships in service with the British Royal Navy from 1926 to 1946–1948
• Emerald (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC in 1816 and 1817, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels
• Emerald Princess, 2006 cruise ship
• , 1903 steam yacht
• , name of several British Royal Navy ships
• , 1958 Greek-owned passenger cruise ship chartered by Thomson Holidays
• , name of more than one United States Navy ship

Other

• The Emerald (building), a high-rise residential building in Seattle, Washington, United States
• Emerald Beach Club, South Andros, Andros, Bahamas; a former beach resort
• Emerald (mango), named mango cultivar that originated in Florida
• Emerald Buddha, a figurine of Buddha made of green jade
• Emerald network, an ecological network to conserve wild flora and fauna and their natural habitats of Europe
• Emerald Tablet, an alchemical text attributed to Hermes Trismegistus
• Emeralds (Super Fours), a women's cricket team that competed in the Super Fours
• Eugene Emeralds, minor league baseball team in Eugene, Oregon
• Oatfield Emerald, a type of chocolate toffee sweet native to Ireland
• Emerald Anniversary, associated with a 55th anniversary

See also

• Emerald City (disambiguation)
• Emerald Lake (disambiguation)
• Émeraude (disambiguation), various meanings
• Esmeralda (disambiguation)