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I am currently in high school taking Spanish and I have noticed several names and even a few planets in the Star Wars universe are words in other languages or slightly altered works from other languages. Here are a few I have discovered. Some of the names even pertain to the character. Ganner Rhythode= the Spanish word Gannar means "to win" Nadar Vebb= the Spanish word Nadar means "to swim" Kamino= the Spanish word Camino means "I walk" and a personal favorite I have found Ahsoka Tano= the Swahili word Tano means "five," and that is exactly how she acts, as if she were five. 
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si señor Durge Dude 
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Whorm Loathsom = (in english) [a blue] worm [that is] loathsome  and i know this is really off-topic but aslan in turkish means lion.
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Antares and Draco are both stars. Also, Valorum ( don't know how you spell it) means something like last in Latin. Someone will have to clear this one up :)
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Doesn't Vader mean Father in Dutch?
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From Wookieepedia:
"In Sanskrit, the name "Anakin" means "warrior". Additionally, the name could itself refer to him being the Chosen One—splitting into "An Akin" would translate the name as "Peerless" or "Without Equal". The name may also be derived from the name "Anakim", found in the Old Testament. It is one of several names used to identify a race of giants " 'the sons of God saw daughters of men and took them wives of all they chose' [Genesis 6:2]". Another possibility is "ana-" (Greek meaning "against" or "without") and "kin" (meaning "family") could explain Skywalker not having a father.
It is also worth noting that "vader", is the Dutch word for "father" (as well as an Old English variant for "father" cf. OED), and it may be tempting to read the character name "Darth Vader" as "Dark Father", a word-play that may well be the root of the Sith title. However, judging by the origin of the other Sith names, Vader may also possibly be a derivative of the word "invader", especially when one considers the first task assigned to the fledgling Sith Lord. Furthermore, it is also worth noting that in the original scripts for A New Hope, the name "Darth Vader" was given to a normal Imperial general. "
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Darth O wrote:Antares and Draco are both stars. Also, Valorum ( don't know how you spell it) means something like last in Latin. Someone will have to clear this one up :) In Latin, the name Finis Valorum means "end of values/principles"; the end for both his line and the Republic as they (House Valorum) knew it.
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