Definition of turquoise:

1. A Persian gem of a greenish- blue colour, being a phosphate of alumina with a little oxide of iron and of copper, first known to Europe through Turkey.

Common misspellings for turquoise:

• turqouise (20%)
• turqoise (16%)
• turquise (13%)
• turquiose (12%)
• tourquoise (6%)
• torquoise (4%)
• turqiouse (3%)
• tourquise (2%)
• turquose (2%)

Examples of usage for turquoise:

1. Infinite perspectives of sapphire columns supporting turquoise vaults.

2. At Cochiti might be seen, until lately, ancient scalps with the ears, and in these there still remained the green turquoise ornaments.

3. Turquoise was highly prized.

Quotes for turquoise:

1. More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold and silver, peninsulas of apricot and rose against a background of many shades of turquoise and azure. - Cecil Beaton

2. The tones of gray, pale turquoise and pink will prevail. - Christian Dior

3. Harbour Island in the Bahamas is beautiful, with turquoise water and pink sand. - Diane von Furstenberg

4. For me, the summer will be pure gray- mother -of -pearl gray, very pale gray. To me, this is the big statement for summer. Then we have light blue, light turquoise, lots of pink. - Gianni Versace