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→Etymology: “深奥” (read as “Shin’ou”, same as Sinnoh) is “mysterious”, but the two characters “神奥” used by Masuda aren’t a word (at least, not in Japanese), but the two characters separately translate as “god” and “deep”/“inner”.
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[[File:Pokemon-to-real-world.png|thumb|left|300px|The map of Japan showing the Sinnoh region as the island of {{wp|Hokkaido}}]] | [[File:Pokemon-to-real-world.png|thumb|left|300px|The map of Japan showing the Sinnoh region as the island of {{wp|Hokkaido}}]] | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
[[Junichi Masuda]] has stated that Sinnoh's name means " | [[Junichi Masuda]] has stated that Sinnoh's name means "god within" (神奥),<ref>[https://lineblog.me/masudajunichi/archives/7586253.html Junichi Masuda's Official Blog: Happy 10th Anniversary to Pokémon Diamond and pearl!]<sub>(Japanese)</sub></ref> possibly in reference to the [[Sinnoh myths|various myths]] of the region. | ||
===Design concept=== | ===Design concept=== | ||