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====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||
Gallade may be a portmanteau of 'gallant', and 'blade', and may also be a reference to Roman gladiators and {{wp|Galahad|Sir Galahad}}. | Gallade may be a portmanteau of 'gallant', and 'blade', and may also be a reference to Roman gladiators and {{wp|Galahad|Sir Galahad}}. Erlade might be a portmanteau of '{{wp|Earl}}' (in antiquity, a chieftain or military leader; in present day, a rank in the {{wp|Peerage|British nobility}}), or 'elbow', and 'blade', referring to the sword-like appendages on its arms. Or, in accordance with the musical origin of Ralts and the French Gardevoir, it could be based on 'ballade', French for 'ballad', a type of French poetry. | ||
Erlade might be a portmanteau of '{{wp|Earl}}' (in antiquity, a chieftain or military leader; in present day, a rank in the {{wp|Peerage|British nobility}}), or 'elbow', and 'blade', referring to the sword-like appendages on its arms. Or, in accordance with the musical origin of Ralts and the French Gardevoir, it could be based on 'ballade', French for 'ballad', a type of French poetry. | |||
==In other languages== | ==In other languages== | ||