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Also Dutch: https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Esmeralda
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Also used among the British Romani community in the 1800s:
https://www.geni.com/people/Esmeralda-Lock/6000000172276233920
http://www.valleystream.co.uk/romany-lock.htm -- compare the life of Esmeralda
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https://www.geni.com/people/Esmeralda-Lock/6000000172276233920
http://www.valleystream.co.uk/romany-lock.htm -- compare the life of Esmeralda
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Also Albanian: https://instatemra.shinyapps.io/emra/
https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esmeralda_Uru%C3%A7i [noted -ed]
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https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esmeralda_Uru%C3%A7i [noted -ed]
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Esmeralda is also Latvian. The name day for Esmeralda in Latvia is July 5.
Source: https://forebears.io/forenames/esmeralda
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Source: https://forebears.io/forenames/esmeralda
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Esmeralda is also commonly used in Portugal, where it is pronounced 'Izh-me-RAL-de'. [noted -ed]
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Esmeralda is also Portuguese and French. So just because Clopin gave her that nickname, that doesn't mean that he originally came from Spain.
Makes me wonder if this is also the Roma word for emerald.
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Makes me wonder if this is also the Roma word for emerald.
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