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'''Elenna''' was a name said to mean '[[Starwards]]', referring to the island on which the realm of [[Númenor]] was founded.
'''Elenna''' or '''Elenna-nóre''' was a name said to mean '[[Starwards]]', referring to the island on which the realm of [[Númenor]] was founded.
==Etymology==
The word is actually the allative form of the [[Quenya]] word ''[[elen]]'' meaning "to (a) star".


[[Category:Islands]]
The [[Adûnaic]] name was ''[[Gimlad]]''
[[Category:Quenya names]]

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Elenna or Elenna-nóre was a name said to mean 'Starwards', referring to the island on which the realm of Númenor was founded.

Etymology

The word is actually the allative form of the Quenya word elen meaning "to (a) star".

The Adûnaic name was Gimlad