What does 'hikarian' mean?


'Hikarian' (full name '超特急ヒカリアン') is a Japanese anime that I was in fond of
when I was a child, but I have no idea what does 'hikarian' mean. Oxford
dictionary tells me that 'hikari' has only one meaning - light, and in wiki I
found that 'hikari' is a kind of train service in Japan, which makes lots of
sense for me to understand 'hikarian'. Now the issue is that what does the
ending 'an' mean in 'hikarian'? Does the word 'hikarian' make any sense?

P.S. As you may notice in the full name that 'hikarian' is the only katakana,
is it supposed to be a name of a character?




"Hikarian" is a proper noun, and unique to this anime. Ordinary dictionaries
don't have this word.

In the [Wikipedia
article](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B6%85%E7%89%B9%E6%80%A5%E3%83%92%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3),
I can see almost all of the characters are named after Japanese trains or
famous stations. [English Wikipedia
article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikarian) has many links to the original
Japanese trains.

According to the Japanese article, "Hikarian" is the name of a planet
(ヒカリアン星【せい】)(星=star) and the name of aliens (humanoids) living in that planet.
The main heroes in the anime seem to be all Hikarians. So I think the ending
"-an" is [English suffix
"-an"](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/an_2), as in
_American_ or _christian_. The word ヒカリアン was created by someone to mean
"people in Hikari planet".




"Hikarian" is a proper noun, and unique to this anime. Ordinary dictionaries
don't have this word.

In the [Wikipedia
article](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B6%85%E7%89%B9%E6%80%A5%E3%83%92%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3),
I can see almost all of the characters are named after Japanese trains or
famous stations. [English Wikipedia
article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikarian) has many links to the original
Japanese trains.

According to the Japanese article, "Hikarian" is the name of a planet
(ヒカリアン星【せい】)(星=star) and the name of aliens (humanoids) living in that planet.
The main heroes in the anime seem to be all Hikarians. So I think the ending
"-an" is [English suffix
"-an"](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/an_2), as in
_American_ or _christian_. The word ヒカリアン was created by someone to mean
"people in Hikari planet".

