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'''Imladris''' is the [[Sindarin]] name of the location known as [[Rivendell]], meaning "flat-floared valley of the Cleft"<ref name="letter">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], "[[Anthony D. Howlett 28 May 1969]]" ([[Index:Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|letter]])</ref>
'''Imladris''' is the [[Sindarin]] name of the location known as [[Rivendell]], meaning "flat-floared valley of the Cleft"<ref name="letter">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], "[[Anthony D. Howlett 28 May 1969]]" ([[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|letter]])</ref>
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The name is composed of ''[[imlad]]'' "deep valley" and ''[[riss]]'' "ravine".
The name is composed of ''[[imlad]]'' "deep valley" and ''[[riss]]'' "ravine".

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Imladris is the Sindarin name of the location known as Rivendell, meaning "flat-floared valley of the Cleft"[1]

Etymology

The name is composed of imlad "deep valley" and riss "ravine".

Form Imladrist is also given (archaic or alternative), pointing to the element rist[1]

References