Esmeralda

[ ez-muh-ral-duh; Spanish es-me-rahl-dah ]

noun

1. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “emerald.”

Example Sentences

“It got to a point where I would be transcribing a tape of one of his murder-for-hire conversations, and I could not tell it was Gary on the tape,” Esmeralda Noyola, a secretary in the special-crimes division of the Houston district attorney’s office, told the magazine.

From New York Times

“Let’s start a video recording, just in case this goes sideways,” Elgan, 65, told one of her employees in the Esmeralda County clerk’s office.

From New York Times

Cindy Elgan, the Esmeralda County clerk for two decades, faced a recall this spring.Credit...

From New York Times

In Matamoros, Mexico, across the border from Brownsville, Texas, Esmeralda Castro of El Salvador worried the asylum halt will drive more people to compete for the 1,450 slots awarded daily to enter legally through U.S.

From Seattle Times

Esmeralda Tabares, 23, part of a group called Concerned Neighbors of Bloomington, described the transition from rural residential to industrial development as “just a complete shift in the culture and lifestyle we have.”

From Los Angeles Times