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Canalave City (Japanese: ミオシティ Mio City) is a city in the region of Sinnoh. Canalave City is a port city that is bisected by a canal. It has an air of exotic and foreign culture. Large ships are moored at the piers. In the old days, the port used to be a hub of cargo transportation. The Move Deleter is in a house on the east side of town. The Canalave Library has many books on Sinnoh myths. The ferry in the canal will take people out to Iron Island and Fullmoon Island and sometimes Newmoon Island.
Geography
Canalave Library
- Main article: Canalave Library
The Canalave Library is found in the north-western side of Canalave City. It is the only library in Sinnoh and it has shelves of books, containing the myths of Sinnoh. It is the place the player, the rival, Lucas/Dawn, and Professor Rowan meet up before the player goes to Lake Valor.
Move Deleter
- Main article: Move Deleter
The Move Deleter is located on the east side of the city, near the seaside. He is the only Move Deleter in the Sinnoh. For no charge, the Move Deleter will make a Pokémon forget a move it knows. This is the only way for a Pokémon to forget HM moves such as Cut or Fly. In order to delete an HM move, one must first have another Pokémon with that same move in order for it to be deleted. This is done so that a player will not get stuck in an area where an HM move is required to continue. In addition, a Pokémon's move will not be forgotten if it is the only move it knows.
Sailor Eldritch's house
A local Sailor called Eldritch lives in a small house near the pier with his wife and young son. He works at the docks of Canalave City, which is just outside his house, and operates the boat that can take people to a variety of destinations, among them Iron Island and Fullmoon Island. After obtaining the National Pokédex, the player finds that Eldritch's son has been stricken by nightmares and cannot awaken, thrashing in his sleep, saying "Dar... Dark... Is watching me...". To cure the boy, the player must go to Fullmoon Island with Eldritch's help and retrieve a Lunar Wing, which will cure his son.
Harbor Inn
The mysterious Harbor Inn is located on the north-eastern side of the Canalave City, and was a thriving inn until it mysteriously closed down for many years. Now the doors remain locked and no one can seem to open them. Before obtaining the Member Card trying to enter the Harbor Inn only yields the phrase The door is tightly shut. It appears impossible to open. The only way to unlock the inn is by obtaining a Member Card via a Nintendo Event or cheating. When inside, there is a man who puts people into a deep sleep. Once they awake, they will appear at Newmoon Island, where Darkrai can be battled.
Canalave Gym
- Main article: Canalave Gym
The Canalave Gym is the official gym of Canalave City. It is based on Template:Type2 Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Byron. Trainers who defeat him receive the Mine Badge. The Canalave City Gym is a four-story tall building made of steel platforms, lifts, and moving metal platforms. Trainers must ride the elevators and moving platforms in a certain order to reach the fourth floor, on which Byron waits. For defeating Byron, trainers receive the Mine Badge, TM91 (Flash Cannon), and the ability to use Strength outside of battle.
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Demographics
Canalave counts 20 inhabitants, which makes it a twin to Floaroma Town in terms of population.
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Trivia
- In the anime, Canalave City is located on a chain of islands.
- Canalave's Japanese town motto is みなもに はえる まち.
- The son of the sailor who owns the boat that normally goes to Iron Island says "Dar... Dark... Is watching me..." during his unending nightmare that begins the Cresselia event. He most likely means Darkrai.
- Canalave's background music is a rendition of the staff roll theme from Pokémon Gold and Silver.
- After the blast caused by Team Galactic's bomb, most of the NPCs in the city say something different than what they said previously.
- Canalave City is the only city to have a library in all of the games.
- In Pokémon Platinum Version if the player tries to enter Canalave City before going to Celestic Town, he or she will be blocked by two men and a group of Pikachu and Clefairy.
In other languages
| Language
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Name
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Origin
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| Japanese
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ミオシティ Mio City
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澪 (mio) means waterway.
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| English
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Canalave City
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From canal.
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| French
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Joliberges
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From joli, pretty, and berges, bankes.
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| German
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Fleetburg
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From Fleet, loading canal, and the suffix -burg (castle).
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| Italian
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Canalipoli
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From canale, canal, and the suffix -poli, meaning city.
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| Spanish
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Ciudad Canal
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From canal.
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| Korean
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운하시티 Unha City
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운하 (運河) unha means canal.
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| Chinese (Mandarin)
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水脈市
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Literally, "Canal City".
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