Location name: Aquapolis

Why is this not "Hydropolis"?

"Aqva" is Latin; "polis" is Greek. Sure, this is a fictional world with fictional origins, but I'm curious as to why we're constructing names from roots of two different source languages. Is this something that sounds better to Japanese players? I can understand the Latin+Latin "aquacivitas" being awkward, for Japanese and non-Japanese players alike, but the Greek+Greek "Hydropolis" rolls off the tongue deliciously.

Garlean names have a very Latin flavor, but off the top of my head I can't recall any examples of in game naming that mixes Latin and Greek like this (discounting "hoplomachus" as a Latin word borrowed from Greek).

This is just a guess, but SE might want to avoid a conflict of interests with SEGA and their Hydropolis.

Companies can get kinda wierdly possessive of certain names (remember the whole Bethesda/Mojang bit where they tried to copyright a generic term like "Scrolls" as a game title?)

They could've just used... ATLANTIS!

Mixing Latin and Greek prefixes and suffixes is standard fare in the English language, though.

I'm more curious what lore can be behind it. It sound almost as if its a single location you are teleported to rather than a number of separate hidden stashes.

The name reminds me of the Moblin city of Movalpolos in FFXI. Would be cool if they were ancient Goblin ruins or something.

I felt they were just doing a play on the word "acropolis", which is a Greek word itself. Maybe upon release we'll figure out what the "aqua" part is referencing.