Jewel often refers to:
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Gemstone
A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, or semiprecious stone) is a piece of mineral crystal which, in cut and polished form, is used to make jewelry or other adornments. However, certain rocks (such as lapis lazuli, opal, ...
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Jewellery
Jewellery ( UK) or jewelry (U.S.) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes. From a wester ...
Jewel may also refer to:
Companies
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Jewel (supermarket)
Jewel-Osco is a regional supermarket chain in the Chicago metropolitan area, headquartered in Itasca, a western suburb. In 2007, the company had 188 stores across northern, central, and western Illinois; eastern Iowa; and portions of northwest ...
, a U.S. grocery store chain
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Jewel Food Stores (Australia) {{Use dmy dates, date=October 2015
Jewel Food Stores is a defunct Australian discount supermarket. It operated from 1960 to 1998 with the final stores being absorbed into the Metcash owned IGA branding. The chain was originally owned and operated b ...
, an Australian grocery store chain
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Jewel Records (disambiguation) Jewel Records may refer to:
* Jewel Records (Cincinnati record label), run by Rusty York
* Jewel Records (New York record label), a subsidiary of Plaza Music Company, 1927 to 1932
* Jewel Records (Shreveport record label), founded by Stan Lewis in ...
, several record labels
People
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Jewel (singer)
Jewel Kilcher (born May 23, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and author. She has received four Grammy Award nominations and, as of 2021, has sold over 30 million albums worldwide.
Jewel was raised near Homer, Alaska, where she g ...
(born Jewel Kilcher), American singer and actress
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Jewel Burks Solomon
Jewel Melanie Burks Solomon is an American tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist working as the first head of Google for Startups in the U.S. She is managing partner of the investment firm, Collab Capital, focusing on Black entrepreneurship. ...
, American tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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Jewel De'Nyle
Jewel De'Nyle (born Stephany Schwartz on August 5, 1976) is an American former pornographic actress and director, active from late 1996 until at least 2008. She is a member of the NightMoves, AVN, and XRCO Halls of Fame. De'Nyle has directed ov ...
(born 1976), American pornographic movie star, sometimes credited as "Jewel"
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Jewel Staite
Jewel Belair Staite (born June 2, 1982) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles as Kaylee Frye in the Fox television series ''Firefly'' (2002–2003) and its spin-off theatrical film '' Serenity'' (2005), and as Jennifer Keller on Sc ...
(born 1982), Canadian actress in ''Firefly''
Fictional characters
* Jewel, a Dalmatian puppy with spots forming a necklace in ''
101 Dalmatians''
* Jewel, one of the main characters in the animated film ''
Rio
Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil.
Rio or Río may also refer to:
Geography Brazil
* Rio de Janeiro
* Rio do Sul, a ...
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Jessica Jones
Jessica Campbell Jones Cage is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Gaydos and first appeared in ''Alias'' #1 (November 2001) ...
, a superheroine in the Marvel Universe who uses the alias Jewel
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Jewel the Beetle
''Sonic the Hedgehog'' is an ongoing American comic book series based on the Sega video game franchise, published by IDW Publishing. It is the third licensed comic book iteration based on Sega's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' intellectual property, afte ...
, a character from the IDW Publishing comic series ''Sonic the Hedgehog''
Music
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''Jewel'' (Beni album), 2010
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''Jewel'' (Marcella Detroit album), 1994
* "Jewel", a song by Ayumi Hamasaki on her 2006 album ''
Secret
Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret.
Secrecy is often controvers ...
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* "Jewel", a song by Blonde Redhead on their 1995 album ''
La Mia Vita Violenta
''La Mia Vita Violenta'' (Italian for "My Violent Life") is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Blonde Redhead. It was released in September 1995 by Smells Like Records.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits are adapted from ...
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* "Jewel", a song by Bradley Joseph on his 1997 album ''
Rapture
The rapture is an Christian eschatology, eschatological position held by some Christians, particularly those of American evangelicalism, consisting of an Eschatology, end-time event when all Christian believers who are alive, along with resurre ...
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* "Jewel", a song by T. Rex on their 1970
self-titled album
Television and movies
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''Jewel'' (1915 film), an American silent drama film
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''Jewel'' (2001 film), a television film
Other uses
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''Jewel'', novel by Bret Lott
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Jewel Changi Airport
Jewel Changi Airport (also known as Jewel or Jewel Changi) is a nature-themed entertainment and retail complex surrounded by and linked to Changi Airport, Singapore, linked to one of its passenger terminals. Its centrepiece is the world's talle ...
, an airport terminal complex in Singapore
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Jewel Tower
The Jewel Tower is a 14th-century surviving element of the Palace of Westminster, in London, England. It was built between 1365 and 1366, under the direction of William of Sleaford and Henry de Yevele, to house the personal treasure of King ...
, a tower of the Palace of Westminster, in London, England
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Fraternal jewels, the medals worn in both secular and religious fraternal organisations
* Jewel beetles, the family
Buprestidae
Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...
* Jewel butterflies, various
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...
* Jewel damselflies, the family
Chlorocyphidae
Chlorocyphidae is a family of damselflies, commonly known as jewels. These are colorful species native to the Old World tropics, where they occur along forest streams. They are most diverse in Southeast Asia.
Systematics
This family is monophy ...
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Jewel bearing
A jewel bearing is a plain bearing in which a metal spindle turns in a jewel-lined pivot hole. The hole is typically shaped like a torus and is slightly larger than the shaft diameter. The jewels are typically made from the mineral corundum ...
, a jewel-lined bearing commonly used in mechanical watches
See also
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Joule (disambiguation)
The joule (symbol: J) is the SI derived unit of energy
Joule or joules may also refer to:
People
* Joule (surname)
* James Prescott Joule (1818–1889), English physicist and namesake of the term ''joule''
Places
* 12759 Joule, an asteroid
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Jewell (disambiguation) Jewell may refer to:
Places in the United States
* Jewell, California
*Jewell, Georgia
* Jewell, Kansas
* Jewell, New York
*Jewell, Oregon
* Jewell County, Kansas
* Jewell Junction, Iowa
Places in Greenland
* Jewell Fjord
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Jewells (disambiguation) Jewells may refer to:
*Jewell (disambiguation)
*Jewells, New South Wales, Australia
*Jewells, California, former name of Jewell, California
Jewell was an unincorporated community in Marin County, California. It was located west-southwest of Novat ...
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Jewels (disambiguation)
Jewels is another name for gemstones.
Jewels may also refer to:
Music
* ''Jewels'' (Waylon Jennings album), 1968
* ''Jewels'' (Einstürzende Neubauten album), 2007
* "Jewels" (song), a 2007 song by the Japanese rock band Alice Nine
Other uses
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Juul (disambiguation) Juul is an electronic cigarette company.
Juul may also refer to:
* Juul (given name)
* Juul (surname)
* Juhl (surname), also spelled as "Juul"
* Juul's House, Aarhus, Denmark; a building constructed in 1629
* An Old Norse name for Yule
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