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)