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In Pokémon, there's an island named [Tangelo
Island](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Tangelo_Island). However, it's
Japanese name translates to Bontan Island. There is another fruit called
Pomelo, which in Japanese is said Buntan. Is this some pun on the name of the
fruit? Also, Tangelo and Pomelo are quite different fruits:  
[![Tangelo](https://i.stack.imgur.com/epmEGm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/epmEGm.jpg)  
Tangelo ^  
[![Pomelo](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0T7Zam.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0T7Zam.jpg)  
Pomelo ^

Which one of these, if any, is grown there?


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Why is Tangelo Island named as such?


Tangelo Island is situated in the [Orange
Archipelago](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Orange_Archipelago), a
series of islands in the Pokémon world, located south of the Kanto region.
Each of these islands is tropical and generally warm, and many of them are
named after fruits--particularly oranges (its namesake) and other citrus
fruits:

  * Valencia Island ([Valencia oranges](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencia_orange))
  * Tangelo Island (the [tangelo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangelo))
  * Mikan Island (the Japanese name for [satsuma oranges](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrus_unshiu))
  * Sunburst Island ([sunburst tangerines](http://www.urbanharvest.org/advice/fruitgardening/fruitvarieties/tangerinemandarinsatsuma.html))
  * Mandarin Island, North and South ([Mandarin oranges](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_orange))
  * Kinnow Island (the [kinnow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinnow))
  * Navel Island ([navel oranges](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navel_orange#Navel_oranges))
  * Seven Grapefruit Islands (the [grapefruit](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapefruit))
  * Golden Islands (possibly the [Shonan Gold](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shonan_Gold))
  * Murcott Island (a [type of tangor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangor))
  * Trovita Island (a type of navel orange)
  * Fairchild Island (the [Fairchild mango](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_\(mango\)))
  * Shamouti Island (another name for the [Jaffa orange](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_orange))
  * Ascorbia Island (named after [ascorbic acid](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascorbic_acid), a common acid in citrus fruits)
  * Butwal Island (the Butwal lemon(unable to find a link on this))
  * Kumquat Island (the [kumquat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumquat))
  * Rind Island (another name for a fruit [peel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peel_\(fruit\)))
  * Pummelo Island (alternate spelling of [pomelo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomelo))
  * Tarroco Island (a misspelling of "tarocco", a [variation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarocco#Tarocco) of the [blood orange](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarocco))
  * Hamlin Island (the [Hamlin orange](http://www.ultimatecitrus.com/Story/varieties/hamlin.html))

_(Note: All of the above islands also have Japanese names, such as "[Bontan
Island](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Tangelo_Island)" that you
pointed out, which are also largely related to citrus and citrus fruits.
Additionally, there are a handful of unnamed islands, and a few named after
the basic elements as well.)_

[Pinkan Island](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pinkan_Island) is
another island in this area, whose name is derived from the Japanese word for
"citrus" (柑 _kan_ ), and which grows berries by the name of [Pinkan
Berries](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pinkan_Berry).

[![Some images of Pokémon and berries on Pinkan
Island](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5jqc3m.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5jqc3.jpg)

However, aside from Pinkan Island, none of the others appear to grow fruits
that are related to their name. It does not appear as if Tangelo grows
tangelos and Navel Island grows navel oranges, for example. There may be
fruits growing on these islands, like the Pinkan Berry, but there is not a
trend for each of the islands that has determined the names of the islands.

In fact, like you pointed out, the Japanese and English names often diverge
quite significantly; the reason they are able to do this is that each island
is not specifically named after what grows there.


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