Bijou Explained

Bijou is a French word meaning 'jewel', often loosely applied to buildings to mean small and elegant. It may also refer to:

Buildings

• Bijou Palace, also known as the Al-Gawhara Palace, a palace in Cairo, Egypt
• Bijou Theatre (Manhattan, 1878), former Broadway theater in New York City
• Bijou Theatre (Manhattan, 1917), former Broadway theater in New York City
• Bijou Theatre (Boston), Massachusetts
• Bijou Theatre (Knoxville, Tennessee)
• Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
• Bijou Theatre Building, Marinette, Wisconsin
• Bijou Theater (Chicago), Illinois
• Royal Bijou Theatre, a former theatre in Paignton, Devon, England

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Bijou, a character in the South Korean manhwa series Ragnarok
• Andréia Bijou, a character in the Brazilian telenovela Duas Caras
• Bijou, a character in the American war film Passage to Marseille
• Bijou, a hamster in the Japanese anime series Hamtaro
• Bijou, a fish in the American television series FishCenter Live

Film and television

• Bijou (film), a 1972 American film directed by Wakefield Poole
• Matinee at the Bijou, an American television series on PBS

Music

• Bijou is the title of the fourth track on the 1960 album The Hottest New Group in Jazz by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
• Bijou (album), a 1975 live album by jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp
• "Bijou" (Queen song), song by Queen from the 1991 album Innuendo

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Le Bijou de la reine, an 1855 play written by Alexandre Dumas fils
• Bijou Funnies, an underground comic edited by Jay Lynch
• Bijou d'Inde (1993 - 2010), British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire

People

• Bijou Heron (1863 - 1937), American stage actress
• Bijou Fernandez (1877 - 1961), American stage and silent film actress
• Bijou Phillips (born 1980), American actress, model, and singer
• Sidney W. Bijou (1908 - 2009), American child psychologist
• Jude Bijou (born 1946), American licensed psychotherapist, lecturer, and multi-award winning author
• Bijou (footballer) (born 1986), Cape Verdean former footballer
• Bijou Thaangjam, Indian actor, lyricist, art director, chef, and entrepreneur

Places

• Bijou, California, a town in South Lake Tahoe
• Bijou Geyser, in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone
• Bijou Hills, South Dakota, a census-designated place
• Bijou Park, California, a town in South Lake Tahoe
• A main downtown artery in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Other uses

• Bijou (cocktail), a gin-based cocktail
• Bijou (jewellery), small pieces of valuable or costume jewellery
• Citroën Bijou, a coupé car manufactured by Citroën
• Bijou bottle, a small vial used in laboratories

See also

• Bijoux (disambiguation)