Talk:Lunala (Pokémon)

Russian name

Hello could someone add that this line to the in other languages section?

|ru=Лунала Lunala|rumeaning=Transcription of English name

--Raltseye 13:49, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Name Origin

Given that this Pokemon has that collar thing similar to dracuLA, the "La" in it's name may also be derived from that. Luna - latin for moon + La - dracuLA

Steamygoreng (talk) 22:44, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Given it's clearly based on a bat, this seems plausible to me as well. -- KiANGLO ^TALK 06:56, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

"la" is hardly an iconic part of "Dracula". That's not enough to say with any real confidence that that's part of the name. (And the other stuff isn't strongly evocative of Dracula/vampires either.) Tiddlywinks (talk) 07:05, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

I strongly believe its name comes from luna, meaning moon in Spanish, and lunula, a pendant from the Bronze Age that bears a striking resemblance to its head, wings and tail. Lunula also translates to "little moon." - unsigned comment from TheMichromeBlade (talk • contribs)

Moon weak to Dark?

Is it worth mentioning in the trivia section that despite being based off of the moon, Lunala has a double weakness to Dark-type moves? I know Dark-type is referred to as Evil-type in Japanese, but still, is that worth mentioning? --PKMNAdventurer (talk) 18:35, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

I would say no. There's no reason something moon-based CAN'T be weak to Dark. After all, Lunatone is as well. -- KiANGLO ^TALK 02:51, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Error

"Along with Solgaleo, it was initially revealed in May 2016, but officially revealed on June 2, 2016." This sentence in the opening states that Lunala was revealed twice. Is that what it is supposed to say, or is it an error? Litwick96 13:34, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Name

I think that the "ala" part comes from galaxy with the thing on it's head - unsigned comment from Dean624 (talk • contribs)

That's not very likely. It's not a convenient or really unique/identifiable part of "galaxy" to pull from the word. Tiddlywinks (talk) 14:51, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

I think the name might come from "Lunula[1]" actually. Lunula has a variety of meanings but most of them are related to the moon in shape or design. One of them was even a collar (see the gold lunula page[2]) in the bronze age and Lunala has a similar looking crescent moon collar. Seems somewhat likely imo Zeb (talk) 15:21, 8 July 2016 (UTC)