A rich green precious stone or gemstone, also used as a proper name (typically Spanish/Portuguese origin).
From Spanish 'esmeralda,' derived from Latin 'smaragdus' via Greek, ultimately from a Semitic source. The word traveled through many languages as trade routes brought emeralds from distant lands.
Esmeralda the gypsy girl in 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame' became so famous that the name is now culturally associated with beauty and tragedy, even though it literally just means 'emerald'!
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