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== What does "神奥" translate to? == | == What does "神奥" translate to? == | ||
Bulbapedia says it translates to "mysterious", but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_regions#Sinnoh Wikipedia] says it translates to "god within". Which is the correct one? [[User:Pipcard|Pipcard]] ([[User talk:Pipcard|talk]]) 02:28, 22 February 2013 (UTC) | Bulbapedia says it translates to "mysterious", but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_regions#Sinnoh Wikipedia] says it translates to "god within". Which is the correct one? [[User:Pipcard|Pipcard]] ([[User talk:Pipcard|talk]]) 02:28, 22 February 2013 (UTC) | ||
:I don't know where they got that translation, but it is not fully right. It is a combination of kami 神 (gods) and oku 奥. The last character means 'deep', as in the back of your house. However, it is often associated with the 'deep north' of Japan, which is what Sinnoh is based on. See for instance "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" 奥の細道 by Matsuo Bashō. As such Sinnoh translates to something like "The Deep North of the Gods". Makes even more sense when you consider Arceus and co. [[User:Kitsuimiko|Kitsuimiko]] ([[User talk:Kitsuimiko|talk]]) 20:59, 9 November 2023 (JST) | |||
I don't know where they got that translation, but it is not fully right. It is a combination of kami 神 (gods) and oku 奥. The last character means 'deep', as in the back of your house. However, it is often associated with the 'deep north' of Japan, which is what Sinnoh is based on. See for instance "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" 奥の細道 by Matsuo Bashō. As such Sinnoh translates to something like "The Deep North of the Gods". Makes even more sense when you consider Arceus and co. "The Mysterious North" could be a good translation too, as the character is sometimes used like that, but the Deep North part is not unimportant. | ::"The Mysterious North" could be a good translation too, as the character is sometimes used like that, but the Deep North part is not unimportant. {{unsigned|Kitsuimiko}} | ||
== Map from DP == | == Map from DP == | ||