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 the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise
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)