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====Name origin====
====Name origin====
Purrloin is derived from "purloin", meaning to steal, and "purr", a sound a cat makes. Choroneko may come from  猫 ''neko'', meaning cat, and ちょろまかす ''choromakasu'', meaning to pilfer.
Purrloin is derived from "purloin", meaning to steal, and "purr", a sound a cat makes. "Loin" may also be a corruption of "Lion". Choroneko may come from  猫 ''neko'', meaning cat, and ちょろまかす ''choromakasu'', meaning to pilfer.


==In other languages==
==In other languages==