Esmeralda
Gemstone name, Spanish
Esmeralda is a Spanish feminine name meaning "emerald." It gained literary fame through the Romani dancer in Victor Hugo's *The Hunchback of Notre-Dame* (1831), giving the name romantic and exotic associations.
Esmeralda was the prettiest girl in school.
Fictional deformed cathedral bellringer
- Victor HugoFrench nineteenth-century novelist
- Notre-DameMedieval Parisian Gothic cathedral
- ParisFrance's chief city
- gypsyItinerant free spirit
dancer · Phoebus · cathedral · heroine · tragedy · fate · tambourine · beauty
New and unusual
- Victor HugoFrench nineteenth-century novelist
- French literatureWritten works from France
- classicOf lasting excellence
- historical fictionNovels set in actual pasts
romance · Romanticism · 15th century · Notre-Dame de Paris · adaptation · opera · ballet · musical
Color of vegetation
- preciousHighly esteemed, greatly valued
- jewelryOrnamental personal accessories
- mineralNaturally formed crystalline solid
- carat200 milligrams exactly
clarity · cut · brilliance · luster · facet · Colombian · Zambian · beryl
Color of vegetation
- femininePertaining to women
- jewelPrecious cut stone
- given namePersonal name from birth
- Latin AmericaRomance-speaking Western Hemisphere
Spain · telenovela · Hispanic · etymology · bella · meaning · baptism · namesake
Claiming to predict futures
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- talismanMagical protective charm
amulet · clairvoyance · prophecy · tarot · palmistry · Romani · wanderer · mysterious
Quasimodo
Fictional deformed cathedral bellringer
- Victor HugoFrench nineteenth-century novelist
- Notre-DameMedieval Parisian Gothic cathedral
- ParisFrance's chief city
gypsy · dancer · Phoebus · cathedral · heroine · tragedy · fate · tambourine · beauty · sanctuary
novel
New and unusual
- Victor HugoFrench nineteenth-century novelist
- French literatureWritten works from France
- classicOf lasting excellence
historical fiction · romance · Romanticism · 15th century · Notre-Dame de Paris · adaptation · opera · ballet · musical · Disney
green
Color of vegetation
- preciousHighly esteemed, greatly valued
- jewelryOrnamental personal accessories
- mineralNaturally formed crystalline solid
carat · clarity · cut · brilliance · luster · facet · Colombian · Zambian · beryl · inclusion
green
Color of vegetation
- femininePertaining to women
- jewelPrecious cut stone
- given namePersonal name from birth
Latin America · Spain · telenovela · Hispanic · etymology · bella · meaning · baptism · namesake
fortune-telling
Claiming to predict futures
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
talisman · amulet · clairvoyance · prophecy · tarot · palmistry · Romani · wanderer · mysterious · ethereal
- literary charactersSherlock Holmes, Scout Finch, Elizabeth Bennet, Macbeth, Huck Finn
- balletballet, ballerina, ballet dancer, ballet shoes, tutus
- BalletsSwan Lake, The Nutcracker, Nutcracker, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty
- Dance CharactersBilly Elliot, Penny, Clara, Giselle, Aurora
- French CharactersJean Valjean, Cosette, Javert, Athos, Porthos
- Hobbitshobbit, hobbits, Bilbo, Hobbiton, Frodo