# 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 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

## 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 (Zamrud khatulistiwa), a nickname for Indonesia, see Names of Indonesia

## Ships

* Emerald-class cruiser, 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
* Emerald (steam yacht), 1903 steam yacht
* HMS Emerald, name of several British Royal Navy ships
* SS The Emerald, 1958 Greek-owned passenger cruise ship chartered by Thomson Holidays
* USS Emerald, 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
* Emerald (given name)