Emerald City
Oz's verdant capital
Emerald City is a nickname for Seattle, Washington, referencing the lush evergreen landscape of the Pacific Northwest.
The name gained popularity in the 1980s as a civic branding effort and plays on the famous fictional city from *The Wizard of Oz*.
The tech boom transformed the Emerald City into one of America's most expensive housing markets.
More broadly, any place portrayed as magically prosperous or desirable might be called an emerald city.
Classic feminine given name
- Wicked WitchMalevolent female magic-user
- Tin ManHeartless metallic woodcutter
- Cowardly LionTimorous big cat seeking bravery
- ruby slippersJeweled crimson footwear
flying monkeys · tornado · Kansas · Auntie Em · Gale · poppy field · horse of a different color · throne room
Decorated with gems
- glitteringShining with small flashes
- palatialLavishly grand and spacious
- ornateElaborately decorated
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
magnificent · splendid · gilded · resplendent · dazzling · green · shimmering · majestic
Coastal American region, northward
- Space NeedleSeattle's flying saucer tower
- WashingtonU.S. seat of government
- rainyMarked by precipitation
- coffeeBrewed bean beverage
tech hub · grunge · Puget Sound · evergreen · Microsoft · Amazon · Boeing · Mount Rainier
Dorothy
Classic feminine given name
- Wicked WitchMalevolent female magic-user
- Tin ManHeartless metallic woodcutter
- Cowardly LionTimorous big cat seeking bravery
ruby slippers · flying monkeys · tornado · Kansas · Auntie Em · Gale · poppy field · horse of a different color · throne room · curtain
jeweled
Decorated with gems
- glitteringShining with small flashes
- palatialLavishly grand and spacious
- ornateElaborately decorated
grandiose · magnificent · splendid · gilded · resplendent · dazzling · green · shimmering · majestic · gleaming
Pacific Northwest
Coastal American region, northward
- Space NeedleSeattle's flying saucer tower
- WashingtonU.S. seat of government
- rainyMarked by precipitation
coffee · tech hub · grunge · Puget Sound · evergreen · Microsoft · Amazon · Boeing · Mount Rainier
- Wizard of OzDorothy, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, Wicked Witch, yellow brick road
- Fictional PlacesHogwarts, Mordor, Narnia, Gondor, Westeros
- imaginary worldsdreamland, fairyland, wonderland, fantasy realm, dream world
- Place NicknamesBig Apple, Chi-Town, Motown, Hotlanta, Big Smoke
- Mythical PlacesAtlantis, Avalon, El Dorado, Shangri-La, Utopia
- Famous HousesPemberley, Wuthering Heights, Green Gables, Tara, Mansfield Park
Emerald CityKansas
Central American plains state
Mordor · dystopia · wasteland · nowhere · Main Street USA
Emerald Citydystopia
Imaginary terrible society
wasteland · slum · hell on earth · Mordor · Skid Row