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| The '''Isenmouthe''' was the name for, the "Iron Jaws", the pass between [[Udûn (valley)|Udûn]] and [[Gorgoroth]].
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| ==Etymology==
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| ''Isenmouthe'' means "Iron-mouth". It was so called because of the great fence of pointed iron posts that closed the gap leading into Udûn, like teeth in jaws.
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| ''Isen'' is an old English variant form of iron; and mouthe represents [[Old English]] ''mūða'' < ''mūð'' "opening, mouth" especially used of the mouths of rivers, but also applied to other openings
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| It's used here to show an archaic [[Westron]] name of the place, translation of [[Sindarin]] ''[[Carach Angren]]''.
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