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A flower that grew in the vales of [[Lebennin]] in [[Gondor]], described as having the shape and colour of a golden bell. [[Tolkien]] doesn't provide us with an explanation of the name: mallos seems to mean 'golden white', though (assuming that translation is correct) the significance of the word for 'white' here is not clear.
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'''Mallos''' was a flower that grew in the vales of [[Lebennin]] in [[Gondor]], described as having the shape and colour of a golden bell.
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==Etymology==
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''Mallos'' is a [[Sindarin]] name meaning "golden flower",<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 100</ref> apparently consisting of elements related to ''[[malt]]'' ("gold") + ''[[loth]]''/''[[loss]]'' ("flower"/"snow"). The [[Westron]] name of the flower is given as Goldenbell.{{fact}} 
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Latest revision as of 20:10, 12 December 2012

Mallos was a flower that grew in the vales of Lebennin in Gondor, described as having the shape and colour of a golden bell.

[edit] Etymology

Mallos is a Sindarin name meaning "golden flower",[1] apparently consisting of elements related to malt ("gold") + loth/loss ("flower"/"snow"). The Westron name of the flower is given as Goldenbell.[source?]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 100
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