turquoise

Meanings

Noun

• A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
• A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.

Adjective

• Made of turquoise (the gemstone).
• Having a pale greenish-blue colour.

Related

Similar words

• blue-green, green-blue, greenish blue, turquoise blue

Origin

• Image:Turquoise_with_quartz.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Turquoise with [[quartz (1)]]
• From Middle French Turquoise, from Old French ("Turkish (stone)"), from turc + -ois. The stone, mined near Nishapur in the Khorasan region of Persia, was originally brought to Europe through Turkey.