Pocket monsters is the english translation of the japanese name for the game/anime.
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In Japan , where Pokemon was created the word Pokemon was short for pocket monsters,which is an English translation of the word in Japanese. These words actually have a very close resemblance with each other : Pokemon Pocke mons Pocket monste Pocket monsters
If your asking about the name Pokemon: Poke=Pocket Mon=Monsters Pocket Monsters
Pokemon is Pokemon because poke is short for pocket and mon is short for monsters ~ Actually, Pokemon is the japanese word for Pocket Monsters.
You bet it does! Pokemon is just the short version (an acronym, if you will) of Pocket Monsters.
They came from an idea in 1990 called pocket monsters and evolved into Pokemon in 1995 in japan they changed it because it sounded like a show called monster in the pocket