>>36631930Incredibly derivative of "aloha", a surface level bit about hawaiian culture that everyone knows, which is apt because the region is a completely banal, candy-coated wholesale ripoff of hawaii with equally laughable "themes" similarly lacking in subtlety like invasive species which are like aliens from space dude. So let's name the region after some cliche tourist bullshit, because that's all we know or care about the area it's ripped off of.
Not only that but "alola" also tastes incredibly childish as a word, like these move names, so even if you remove the etymology, the name is displeasing to the senses
