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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==
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