Hyrulian or Hylian?

Okay, I'm only being the verbally-correct nerd for a moment because I've heard this subject brought up before and never resolved. What is the difference between Hyrule and Hylia? Is it a geographical separation, or a 'city within a state' kind of thing? I've heard npc's in the game being called Hylians and Hyrulians, and I've no idea what the difference is supposed to be....if there is supposed to be a difference.....
ZeldaFalcon

Yeah, Hyrule is the whole region, and its inhabitants are Hylians. The lake is called Lake Hylia too.LoZfreak32191

Having never been a grammatically correct nerd before, I'm not 100% sure of the answer to this one. I do think, however, that above posters may have been somewhat wrong.

As you know, Hyrule is the land we play these games on. Here is where it gets tricky. Hylians are the people. There are Gerudo's, Zoras, Gorons, and Hylians. The Hylian shield is so called because of its belongance to the Hylian race.

Hyrulean seems to refer to all the races of Hyrule. Think about it this way.

Take Australia (Hyrule). Divide the counrty into each of its states. You get Queenslanders (Hylians). However when talking about all the populace, you get Australians (Hyruleans). I'm pretty sure that is the difference between the two terms.

Having never been a grammatically correct nerd before, I'm not 100% sure of the answer to this one. I do think, however, that above posters may have been somewhat wrong.

As you know, Hyrule is the land we play these games on. Here is where it gets tricky. Hylians are the people. There are Gerudo's, Zoras, Gorons, and Hylians. The Hylian shield is so called because of its belongance to the Hylian race.

Hyrulean seems to refer to all the races of Hyrule. Think about it this way.

Take Australia (Hyrule). Divide the counrty into each of its states. You get Queenslanders (Hylians). However when talking about all the populace, you get Australians (Hyruleans). I'm pretty sure that is the difference between the two terms.

Barmy_Brat

what? i thought hylians were the humans that are originally native to hyrule and have pointy ears and hyruleans are the people that at one point or another came to hyrule so they are not originally native to hyrule and don't have pointy ears.lunchboxer

Wow, just read my other post, I worded it horribly :|

I'll try and give better examples, because I'm 99% sure what I said was right.

Lets take America this time.

People who live in America (Hyrule) are known as Americans (Hyrulians). People from Texas are known as Texans (Hylians).

as you can see, refering to the whole populace (Which in the case of Zelda is Hylian, Goron, Zora, Rito etc), we call them Hyrulians. We can see see Hyrulian is 'Hyrule-Ian' , 'Ian' being a suffix used for the peoples of other countries in the real world.

Hylians however, are a specific race of people. Being the race with the most power of Hyrule, they become Hylians. We can see Hylian is 'Hy-Lian', using the suffix of Hyrule to show their rule, but just ending it there.

Yeah. That is the difference between Hylian and Hyrulian.

Wow, just read my other post, I worded it horribly :|

I'll try and give better examples, because I'm 99% sure what I said was right.

Lets take America this time.

People who live in America (Hyrule) are known as Americans (Hyrulians). People from Texas are known as Texans (Hylians).

as you can see, refering to the whole populace (Which in the case of Zelda is Hylian, Goron, Zora, Rito etc), we call them Hyrulians. We can see see Hyrulian is 'Hyrule-Ian' , 'Ian' being a suffix used for the peoples of other countries in the real world.

Hylians however, are a specific race of people. Being the race with the most power of Hyrule, they become Hylians. We can see Hylian is 'Hy-Lian', using the suffix of Hyrule to show their rule, but just ending it there.

Yeah. That is the difference between Hylian and Hyrulian.

Barmy_Brat

Yeah, Hyrule is the whole region, and its inhabitants are Hylians. The lake is called Lake Hylia too.LoZfreak32191

Yeah, Hyrule is the whole region, and its inhabitants are Hylians. The lake is called Lake Hylia too.LoZfreak32191

yup. pretty much sums it up.

it's like saying, "i am a hylian. i am part of the hyrulian race. i live in hyrule."xxjacobshxx

Kind of. However it is more like 'I am a Hylian. I live in Hyrule, thus I am Hyrulian.'

[QUOTE="xxjacobshxx"]it's like saying, "i am a hylian. i am part of the hyrulian race. i live in hyrule."Barmy_Brat

Kind of. However it is more like 'I am a Hylian. I live in Hyrule, thus I am Hyrulian.'

That sounds pretty good. When I used to play FFXI Online my character's name was Hylian. I got a lot of comments about it wondering where I got the name from. Only a few people would actually know what it meant. :)

This is a good question, well done to whoever brought it up. But I think Barmy_Brat hit the nail on the head.Astronomicus