Humilau City

Calm and Sparkling Seas (Japanese: 表すは 穏やかな 海 Represents the calm sea.)

Humilau City in the anime

Humilau City was first mentioned by Jervis in Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure! as a suggestion for Cameron's eighth Gym.

The city briefly appeared in the latter part of The Road to Humilau!. Marlon brought Ash and Cameron here through his Wailord after the two were separated from Cilan and Iris and got lost. At the Humilau Gym, Cameron battled Marlon for his eighth Unova Gym Badge and won.

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Humilau City in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a silver background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Oshawott		Legendary Treasures		37/113	EX Battle Boost		029/093

• On the face board featuring a pair of Frillish, the eyes of the male Frillish are incorrectly colored, being the inverse of what they should be.
• A Lady will say "This dress is comfy and easy to wear...", referencing Youngster Ben from Route 3 in Kanto, who said, "Hi! I like shorts! They're comfy and easy to wear!"
• A female Swimmer will say "When I float between the waves like this, I'm like a mermaid. Now that I think of it, there was a tomboyish-mermaid Gym Leader in Kanto." This is a clear reference to Misty.
• After entering the Hall of Fame, when the player stands behind the face board, an NPC will come and take a photo with the player, allowing them to earn the Face Board Memorial Medal.
• Humilau City appears similar to the St. Regis Bora Bora Resort in the French Polynesia.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	セイガイハシティ Seigaiha City	From 青海波 seigaiha, a pattern based on overlapping triple semicircles, resembling waves. Literally translates to "blue ocean waves."
English	Humilau City	From cumulus humilis, humid and Hukilau.
French	Papeloa	Possibly papelonné (covered with scale-like patterns), pape (Tahitian for water), loa (Hawaiian for long), or aloha.
German	Abidaya City	From the Italian abitare (to reside) and baia (bay).
Italian	Grecalopoli	From grecale, gregale.
Spanish	Ciudad Marga	From marga (marl), mar (sea), and possibly μαργαρίτης margarites (Greek for pearl).
Korean	기하시티 Giha City	From 기하 (幾何) giha, geometry.
Chinese (Mandarin)	青海波市‎ Qīnghǎibō Shì	From 青海波 seigaiha. Also means "blue ocean waves".
Chinese (Cantonese)	清海波市 Chīnghóibō Síh
Polish	Humilau	From its English name.
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de Humilau	From its English name.
Vietnamese	Thành phố Seigaiha	Transliteration of Japanese name

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