Cianwood City in Gold and Silver
Cianwood City (Japanese: タンバシティ Tanba City) is located on the far western edge of Johto, apparently on a totally different landmass than the rest of the region. Due to Cianwood City being at a dead end location in the Johto region, it was not a popular destination. However, in Generation IV, it became a notable destination due to the addition of the Safari Zone located to the west of the city.
Tales of Lugia and the whirlpools it creates circulate among the sailors that stop in this port town.
Slogan
Generation II
A Port Surrounded by Rough Seas! (Japanese: あらなみに かこまれた うみのまち A sea town surrounded by rough seas.)
Generation IV
A Port of Crashing Waves (Japanese: あらなみに よせる うみのまち A sea town of crashing waves.)
Places of interest
Kirk's house
Kirk (Japanese: セイジ Seiji), known as Mania (Japanese: マニア Mania) in Generation II, is a PokéManiac who lives in the house directly south from the Gym. Before the player meets him, he is bullied by Silver into giving up one of his Pokémon, implied to be Sneasel. To prevent Silver from coming back to steal any more Pokémon, Kirk wants to give the player his Shuckle, nicknamed Shuckie (Japanese: ネッシー Nessie), for safekeeping. This Shuckle has Kirk's Trainer ID number and will act like an outsider in battle.
If the player returns to Kirk on another day, he will ask for Shuckie back. If the player agrees, he will take it back unless it has high enough friendship (150 in Generation II), in which case he will let the player keep it. Kirk will accuse the player of stealing if they refuse, but this allows Shuckie to be kept regardless of its friendship value.
Photo Studio/Cameron's house
In the Generation II games, the Photo Studio (Japanese: タンバしゃしんオヤジ Tanba's photographer) is where pictures of Pokémon can be taken. This is meant to work with the Game Boy Printer peripheral. The player can print out their Pokédex or the stats of one specific Pokémon. Mail can also be printed.
In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, this is the house of Cameron, the Photographer (Japanese: しゃしんオヤジのいえ photographer's house). He has a camera set up outside so the player can take a picture with their party for their Photo Album, which can be seen on the PC. One of Cameron's relatives resides inside the house.
- Generation II
CIANWOOD CITY
PHOTO STUDIO
Take a Snapshot as
a Keepsake!
- Generation IV
This is the house of Cameron,
the Photographer.
Take a Snapshot as a Keepsake!
Cianwood City Pharmacy
Cianwood City Pharmacy (Japanese: タンバくすりや Tanba Pharmacy) is a small pharmacy that is over 500 years old. The Cianwood City Pharmacy sells remedies exclusive to the town. Jasmine will ask the player to fetch her Ampharos some medicine from there.
After getting the medicine, players can return to the Pharmacy to find that Potions and Full Heals are in stock. If the player goes to Cianwood City before speaking with Jasmine at the Olivine Lighthouse, Potions and Full Heals will be in stock and the SecretPotion will be unavailable.
Cianwood City Pharmacy
500 Years of Tradition
We Await Your Medicinal Queries
Area north of the city
In the very north of the city, there is a small area with a ledge where Suicune will be at a certain point in Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver. Eusine will appear after it runs away, and will battle the player in an effort to prove himself to Suicune.
Poké Seer
- Main article: Poké Seer
In Pokémon Crystal only, the Poké Seer lives in a small house at the very north of the city. She can tell where, when, and at which level a Pokémon in the Trainer's party was caught.
Cianwood Gym
- Main article: Cianwood Gym
The Cianwood Gym is the official Gym of Cianwood City. It is based on Fighting-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Chuck, whom the Trainer will see either lifting a boulder in Generation II or meditating under a waterfall in HeartGold and SoulSilver. Trainers who defeat him receive the Storm Badge. Obtaining this Badge is usually the only reason that people travel to Cianwood City. Outside the Gym is Chuck's wife, who will give the player HM02 (Fly) after defeating Chuck.
The Gym guide for the Cianwood Gym is inside the local Pokémon Center rather than the Gym itself. This is played for humor, with the guide claiming that he is afraid of the Gym's tough Trainers.
Entrance to Cliff Edge Gate
- Main article: Cliff Edge Gate
In HeartGold and SoulSilver, to the west of Cianwood City is an entrance to Cliff Edge Gate, a small cave located between the city and Route 47, which leads to the Safari Zone. The entrance is initially blocked but the player will be able to go through once Jasmine's Amphy is healed in Olivine City.
Entrance to the road for the
Safari Zone.
Experience thrilling encounters
with wild Pokémon for heart-to-heart
contact!
The Safari Zone is just around the
corner from this entrance!
Demographics
Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Cianwood City's population is 19.
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Cianwood City has a population of 27. This makes it an average-sized city. It has little immigration, because of its remote position in Johto. Cianwood City is strongly related to Olivine City, as the only route to Cianwood is via Olivine.
In HeartGold and SoulSilver, a Safari Zone was added to the west of Cianwood City, meaning that those heading for the Safari Zone would have to pass through Cianwood City.
Items
Rock Smash
If the rock contains an item, the game will pick one of the following:
Pokémon
Generation II
| Pokémon
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Games
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Location
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Levels
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Rate
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| Surfing
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G
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S
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C
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15-24
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90%
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|
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G
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S
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C
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20-24
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10%
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| Fishing
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|
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G
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S
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C
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10
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15%
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|
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G
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S
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C
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10
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85%
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|
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G
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S
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C
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20
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55%
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G
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S
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C
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20
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0%
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0%
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10%
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|
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G
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S
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C
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|
20
|
35%
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|
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G
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S
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C
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|
20
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10%
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10%
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0%
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|
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G
|
S
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C
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|
40
|
60%
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|
|
G
|
S
|
C
|
|
40
|
10%
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|
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G
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S
|
C
|
|
40
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0%
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0%
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30%
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|
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G
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S
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C
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40
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30%
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30%
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0%
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| Rock Smash
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|
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G
|
S
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C
|
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15
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90%
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|
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G
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S
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C
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|
15
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10%
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| Gift Pokémon
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G
|
S
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C
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Gift
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15
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One
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| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
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Generation IV
| Pokémon
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Games
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Location
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Levels
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Rate
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|
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| Surfing
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HG
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SS
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10-25
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90%
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|
|
HG
|
SS
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15-25
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10%
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| Fishing
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|
|
HG
|
SS
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|
10
|
15%
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|
|
HG
|
SS
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|
10
|
85%
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HG
|
SS
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|
20
|
50%
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HG
|
SS
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|
20
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0%
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0%
|
10%
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|
|
HG
|
SS
|
|
20
|
40%
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|
|
HG
|
SS
|
|
20
|
10%
|
10%
|
0%
|
|
|
HG
|
SS
|
|
40
|
60%
|
|
|
HG
|
SS
|
|
40
|
10%
|
|
|
HG
|
SS
|
|
40
|
0%
|
0%
|
30%
|
|
|
HG
|
SS
|
|
40
|
30%
|
30%
|
0%
|
| Rock Smash
|
|
|
HG
|
SS
|
|
15-24
|
80%
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|
|
HG
|
SS
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|
23-28
|
20%
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| Gift Pokémon
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|
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HG
|
SS
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Gift
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20
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One
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| If the player has only one Pokémon
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|
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HG
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SS
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|
|
Gift
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15
|
Unlimited
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| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
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Trainers
Generation II
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Reward: $2500
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Generation IV
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Reward: $3240
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In the anime
Cianwood City in the
animeCianwood City first appeared in Machoke, Machoke Man!, where Ash, his friends, and Janina traveled there to get medicine for Jasmine's sick Ampharos. While Janina immediately headed back to Olivine City along with the medicine, Ash and his friends stayed behind for Ash's Gym battle at the local Gym. They soon met the Gym Leader, Chuck, who agreed to have a Gym battle with Ash. The battle ended in Ash's victory, earning him the Storm Badge. After receiving word from Janina that the medicine had been successfully delivered to Jasmine, Ash and his friends learned about the Whirl Islands from Chuck and his wife and decided to visit them on their way back to Olivine City.
Cianwood City reappeared in Octo-Gridlock at the Gym!, when Ash and Goh visited the Gym so that Ash could have a World Coronation Series rematch against Bea, who was training with Chuck. Although Ash had figured out a way to counter Bea's Grapploct's Octolock, which had cost him their first match, the match still ended in a draw, resulting in no change to either Trainer's ranking.
Darren, a Trainer who participated in the Silver Conference, and Horace, Goh's childhood friend, are from Cianwood City.
Gallery
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Cianwood City appeared in Scrappy Skarmory, where Chuck was seen waiting for the visit of his old rival Walker. When Walker was running late, Chuck saw evidence that he had been attacked on his way to Cianwood. However, Walker was next seen to be unhurt, and joined Chuck in an impromptu battle against his attacker: Suicune. They were ultimately unable to defeat and catch the Legendary Pokémon, which then fled.
Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys
Gold and Chris traveled to Cianwood City in The Secret Of The Fighting Type Pokémon in order to get the medicine for Jasmine's Ampharos. They encountered the local Gym Leader, Chuck, who agreed to give them the last pack of the medicine if Gold served as a temporary Gym Leader while he recovered from the injuries he had just received in an accident. After Gold had successfully defeated Black in a Gym battle, Chuck gave him the medicine, which he and Chris sent to Olivine City.
In Farewell To Pikachu?!, Eusine arrived to take away Gold's Pikachu, which he had sent back in time with Bill's Time Capsule. Gold refused to hand Pikachu to him, and the two had a battle to determine who would get to keep it, with Gold eventually winning. After this, however, Black unsealed the monstrous Black Tyranitar in an attempt to catch it, causing it to go on a rampage. It took the combined efforts of the citizens of Olivine and Cianwood City, as well as Gold and Black, to stop the monster's rampage and reseal it inside of Gold's Level Ball.
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
Cianwood City appeared in Light Up the Lighthouse!!, where Red and his Pokémon visited it to get the Secret Potion for Jasmine's Ampharos. While they managed to obtain the medicine, Clefairy ended up losing all but one of the medicine pills on the return trip to Olivine.
Trivia
- Cianwood City is the only city in the entire Pokémon franchise that takes place on land modeled after Shikoku.
- Cianwood was the first Fighting-type Gym where the player received an official League Badge, due to Saffron City's Fighting Dojo losing its official status before the events of Generations I, III, and VII.
- Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl have a reference to Cianwood City. When meeting up with Cynthia after earning the Cobble and Fen Badges, she will give the player a SecretPotionDPPt/Secret MedicineBDSP. The item's description mentions that it was dispensed by the pharmacy in Cianwood City.
- In Generation IV, if the player has only one Pokémon in their party and PC boxes, a Trainer in the Pokémon Center will give the player a Tentacool. This event can be repeated so long as the player only has one Pokémon. This is likely a measure to prevent the player from having no means of leaving Cianwood City and rendering the game unplayable.
- In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Cianwood City is mentioned to be the hometown of Tomma from the Galaxy Expedition Team's Medical Corps, who gives the player some of his hometown's Secret Medicine for them to complete a request.
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Name origin
| Language
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Name
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Origin
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| Japanese
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タンバシティ Tanba City
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From 胆礬色 tanba-iro (teal color named after the chalcanthite) and 波 ha (wave)
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| English
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Cianwood City
|
From cyan and wood
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| German
|
Anemonia City
|
From Anemone and Seeanemonen (sea anemone)
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| Spanish
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Ciudad Orquídea
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From orquídea (orchid)
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| French
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Irisia
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From iris, a flower whose color ranges from blue to purple
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| Italian
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Fiorlisopoli
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From fiordaliso (cornflower) and the suffix -poli (city)
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| Korean
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진청시티 Jincheong City
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From 진청 (眞靑) jincheong (azure)
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| Chinese (Mandarin)
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湛藍市 / 湛蓝市 Zhànlán Shì*
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From 湛藍 / 湛蓝 zhànlán / jaamlaam (azure)
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| 丹波市 Dānbō Shì*
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From the Japanese name 丹波 Tanba. Contains 波 bō (wave)
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| Chinese (Cantonese)
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湛藍市 Jaamlàahm Síh*
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From 湛藍 jaamlaam (azure)
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| 丹巴市 Dāanbā Síh*
|
Transcription of its Japanese name
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| Polish
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Cianwood*
Miasto Cianwood*
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From its English name
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| Brazilian Portuguese
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Cidade de Cianwood
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From its English name
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| Vietnamese
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Thành phố Tanba
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Transcription of its Japanese name
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