Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25936766-20161018234259/@comment-25936766-20161019192749

Okay, Mistral's WoR is public now. To save space I'll use this same thread to discuss the continent's name, and after change the title to a more appropiate one.

Though for starters, I have to say, Chishio was right. Qrow pronounced Vale's continent differently. It sounded like "Sanes" or "Samus" this time. Thank you RT's Voice Director(s).

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Alright, so, Mistral's continent seems to be called "Onym", if captions are to be trusted. And indeed, part of me says it does sound like that. The other part instead says it sounds like Onem.

-Onem: I looked it up, the closest thing to a meaning that I found was Wiktionary, who said it was Turkish. Apparently, it means "Importance", or something like that.

-Onym: I looked around and found even less than Onem.....Well, I did try Google Translate to see what would happen. It said it's Polish, and means......"Salty".

-I tried Onen just in case. In it's case, I found it was an alternative form of Onan, cornish for 1.

-And also just in case, I wondered if "Onem" was supposed to be a sort-of-inversion of Omen. Although it would sort-of break consistency with the other location names. Omen in itself means Foreboding, an Augury or Sign.

Hopefully someone can find something more informative.

Personally, I'd say it's Onym if I have to choose from those 3; Although it's a stretch, interpreting Salty as refering to "Salt Water" can lead to a connection of sorts with Haven (a body of water, usually natural, where ships take shelter), similar to Sanas and Beacon/Signal, although it doesn't make any connection with Sanctum.

I also wondered if maybe it was Onim. I didn't find anything even slightly useful.....but it did make me wonder. Maybe it's sort-of derived/based on the japanese word Oni. An Oni is a creature of japanese mythology, usually a demon, ogre or spirit. Given Mistral's clear Asian influence, I'd consider it an option.