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:

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 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
 * Emerald Fennell (born 1985), English actress, author, screenwriter, producer, and director.
 * Emerald Zellers, beauty queen from Scottsdale, Arizona
 * Emerald Ignacio (born 1980), aka "DriftGirl", is an actor and model
 * Marti Emerald, elected member of the San Diego City Council

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 Isle, a nickname for Ireland
 * Emerald Island, a nickname for the island of Lesbos

Ships

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

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 (given name)