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  • proper noun A female given name.

Etymologies

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Variant of Esmeralda.

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Examples

  • The book has long intrigued the film and TV worlds -- it was first adapted in 1905 into a film titled "Esmerelda" -- although the last major adaptations were in 1997, the year that saw a high-profile Disney animated movie and an action-heavy picture starring Mandy Patinkin and Salma Hayek.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The journalist Andrew Mueller is of the opinion that pledging yourself to any particular religion 'is no more or less weird than choosing to believe that the world is rhombus-shaped, and borne through the cosmos in the pincers of two enormous green lobsters called Esmerelda and Keith'. 32 A philosophical favourite is the invisible, intangible, inaudible unicorn, disproof of which is attempted yearly by the children at Camp Quest.

    The God Delusion Dawkins, Richard, 1941- 2006

  • And Tyler returned with another girl called Esmerelda

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows Scoob94P 2009

  • His heart is certainly in the right place, and he at least deserves some credit for saying the right things, but I felt that the only moments beyond the opening song where the music did justice to the sentiments were the catchy rap "Esmerelda" and the closing song "Gone Away," a tribute to Speech's deceased brother.

    Speech, The Vagabond (Bluhammock Music, 2006) smg58 2006

  • His heart is certainly in the right place, and he at least deserves some credit for saying the right things, but I felt that the only moments beyond the opening song where the music did justice to the sentiments were the catchy rap "Esmerelda" and the closing song "Gone Away," a tribute to Speech's deceased brother.

    Archive 2006-06-01 smg58 2006

  • Patti D'Arbanville has a small part as "Esmerelda".

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

  • Not to mention the appearances of classic recurring characters played by Alice Ghostly ( "Esmerelda"), Bernard Fox

    TVShowsOnDVD.com News 2008

  • Quasimodo is the bell-ringer and swings down on a rope from the towers of the Cathedral to rescue the Gypsy girl Esmerelda from the gallows.

    Ten of the best 2011

  • Tajin is one of the coolest ruins in Mexico and La Costa Esmerelda one of my favorite spots.

    The Veracruz You Do Not Know 2009

  • Eddie Gonzalez, 48, brought his family to the parade from Coney Island—including his 13-year-old daughter Esmerelda and 4-year-old son Jeremy Lorenzo.

    Giants: 'In Our Blood' Jennifer Maloney 2012

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