Esmeralda is Spanish and Portuguese for "emerald".

Esmeralda may also refer to:

People

• Esmeralda García (b. 1959), Brazilian track and field athlete
• Esmeralda Kapiolani Marignoli dei Marchese di Montecorona, Hawaiian-Italian noblewomen
• Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame), one of the main characters in the 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo, or the character from the Disney film version
• Esmeralda (Fur Fighters), a character from the video game Fur Fighters
• Santa Esmeralda, a 1970s musical group that had a hit with "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
• Esmeralda Alvarez born 1988 fresno, ca

Places

• Esmeralda County, Nevada, a county in western Nevada, USA
• Esmeralda, Cuba, a city in Cuba
• Esmeralda, Chile, town
• Esmeraldas, Ecuador, City

Things and Works

• Esmeralda (ship), several ships named Esmeralda belonging to the Spanish Navy and Chilean Navy, including the currently in-service BE-43 Esmeralda.
• Esmeralda (orchid), a genus of flower in the family Orchidaceae.
• Esmeralda (film), a 1905 film based on the 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo.
• Esmeralda (opera), 1883 English opera by Arthur Goring Thomas based on the same Victor Hugo's novel.
• Esmeralda, 1847 opera by Dargomyzhsky, also based on the same Victor Hugo's novel.
• La Esmeralda (ballet), an 1844 ballet.
• At least two telenovelas have been named Esmeralda, one from Mexico and a remake of this one from Brazil.
• "Esmeralda" is the name of one of the poems of the Greek poet Nikos Kavvadias.

See also

• Esmeraldas