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'''Barazinbar''' is the [[Khuzdul]] name for '''Redhorn'''<ref>{{HM|TI}}, p. 174</ref>, named [[Caradhras]] in [[Sindarin]].
'''Barazinbar''' is the [[Khuzdul]] name for '''Redhorn'''<ref>{{HM|TI}}, p. 174</ref>, named [[Caradhras]] in [[Sindarin]]. During the reign of [[Durin VI]], the dwarves of [[Khazad-dûm]] mined beneath Baranzinbar seeking [[mithril]]. In doing so, they woke [[Durin's Bane]].<ref>{{App|A3}}</ref>


It was also called '''[[Baraz]]''' meaning "Red".
It was also called '''[[Baraz]]''' meaning "Red".

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Barazinbar is the Khuzdul name for Redhorn[1], named Caradhras in Sindarin. During the reign of Durin VI, the dwarves of Khazad-dûm mined beneath Baranzinbar seeking mithril. In doing so, they woke Durin's Bane.[2]

It was also called Baraz meaning "Red".

Etymology

From the elements baraz "red" and -inbar (individually perhaps *nibar[3]) meaning "horn".

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