Bijou

Bijou is a French word meaning 'jewel', often loosely applied to buildings to mean small and elegant. It may also refer to:

Buildings

 * Bijou Palace, also known as the Al-Gawhara Palace, a palace in Cairo, Egypt
 * Bijou Theatre (Manhattan, 1878), former Broadway theater in New York City
 * Bijou Theatre (Manhattan, 1917), former Broadway theater in New York City
 * Bijou Theatre (Boston), Massachusetts
 * Bijou Theatre (Knoxville, Tennessee)
 * Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
 * Bijou Theatre Building, Marinette, Wisconsin
 * Bijou Theater (Chicago), Illinois
 * Royal Bijou Theatre, a former theatre in Paignton, Devon, England

Fictional characters

 * Bijou, a character in the South Korean manhwa series Ragnarok
 * Andréia Bijou, a character in the Brazilian telenovela Duas Caras
 * Bijou, a character in the American war film Passage to Marseille
 * Bijou, a hamster in the Japanese anime series Hamtaro
 * Bijou, a fish in the American television series FishCenter Live

Film and television

 * Bijou (film), a 1972 American film directed by Wakefield Poole
 * Matinee at the Bijou, an American television series on PBS

Music

 * Bijou is the title of the fourth track on the 1960 album The Hottest New Group in Jazz by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
 * Bijou (album), a 1975 live album by jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp
 * "Bijou" (Queen song), song by Queen from the 1991 album Innuendo

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

 * Le Bijou de la reine, an 1855 play written by Alexandre Dumas fils
 * Bijou Funnies, an underground comic edited by Jay Lynch
 * Bijou d'Inde (1993–2010), British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire

People

 * Bijou Heron (1863–1937), American stage actress
 * Bijou Fernandez (1877–1961), American stage and silent film actress
 * Bijou Phillips (born 1980), American actress, model, and singer
 * Sidney W. Bijou (1908–2009), American child psychologist
 * Jude Bijou (born 1946), American licensed psychotherapist, lecturer, and multi-award winning author
 * Bijou (footballer) (born 1986), Cape Verdean former footballer
 * Bijou Thaangjam, Indian actor, lyricist, art director, chef, and entrepreneur

Places

 * Bijou, California, a town in South Lake Tahoe
 * Bijou Geyser, in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone
 * Bijou Hills, South Dakota, a census-designated place
 * Bijou Park, California, a town in South Lake Tahoe
 * A main downtown artery in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Other uses

 * Bijou (cocktail), a gin-based cocktail
 * Bijou (jewellery), small pieces of valuable or costume jewellery
 * Citroën Bijou, a coupé car manufactured by Citroën
 * Bijou bottle, a small vial used in laboratories