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* Phosphora's name comes from the Greek word, φωσφόρος ''phosphoros'', meaning "light-bringer", which suits Phosphora's association with lightning. It was also the name of the "[[wikipedia:Phosphorus (morning star)|morning star]]" to the ancient Greeks. | * Phosphora's name comes from the Greek word, φωσφόρος ''phosphoros'', meaning "light-bringer", which suits Phosphora's association with lightning. It was also the name of the "[[wikipedia:Phosphorus (morning star)|morning star]]" to the ancient Greeks. | ||
* Judging from Phosphora's Japanese name, Ereka, she may be based on [[wikipedia:Electra (Pleiad)|Electra]], who was a [[wikipedia:nymph|nymph]] and one of the seven [[wikipedia:Pleiades (Greek mythology)|Pleiades]]. However, her name can also be based on [[wikipedia:Erica|Erica]], a genus of flowering plants, which is fitting because of both her loyalties lying with the Forces of Nature and because of her own flirtatious personality. | * Judging from Phosphora's Japanese name, Ereka, she may be based on [[wikipedia:Electra (Pleiad)|Electra]], who was a [[wikipedia:nymph|nymph]] and one of the seven [[wikipedia:Pleiades (Greek mythology)|Pleiades]]. However, her name can also be based on [[wikipedia:Erica|Erica]], a genus of flowering plants, which is fitting because of both her loyalties lying with the Forces of Nature and because of her own flirtatious personality. | ||
==Names in other languages== | |||
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|Spa= Ámbar <br>La centella luminosa | |||
|SpaM= Amber. A reference to the etymology of the word "electricty", as it comes from "elektron", Greek for amber <br> The Bright Spark | |||
|Ita=Brillanta<br>La Fulminatrice | |||
|ItaM=From "brillante", meaning bright, brilliant <br> The Blaster. A pun on "fulmine", lightning | |||
|Fre=Phosphora <br> La foudroyante | |||
|FreM=-<br> The Lightning-Fast | |||
|Ger=Potzblitz-Fosfora | |||
|GerM=Potzblitz Fosfora. "Potzblitz" is a common interjection that contains "blitz", meaning lightning | |||
}} | |||
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