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-'''Oron''' is presumably archaic [[Sindarin]] for tree. It survives only in its plural, archaic ''oroni'' became the Sindarin word ''[[Eryn]]''.
+==Sindarin==
+'''''oron''''' is an archaic/poetic (†) [[Sindarin]] word glossed as "[[trees|tree]]".<ref name=PE1>{{PE|17}}, pp. 89, 153</ref> [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] also experimented with the form ''oronī'' ("trees?").<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 33</ref>
-==Examples==
+===Etymology===
-*? [[Orophin]]
+Although not an attested derivative, the word can likely be connected to [[Sundocarme|root]] [[OR|ŌR/RO]] ("rise up, go high").<ref name=L347>{{L|347}}, p. 426 (root appearing as "√ŌR/RO")</ref>
-* [[Lebethron]]
+===Examples===
+* [[Lebethron]]<ref name=PE1/>
+===See also===
+*Sindarin ''[[eryn]]''
+*Sindarin ''[[orn]]''
+*[[Orophin#Etymology]]
+==Quenya==
+'''''oron''''' (pl. ''oronti'') is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "mountain".<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 379</ref>
+===Etymology===
+*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[OR#Other versions|ÓROT]]<ref name=LR/>
+===See also===
+*[[Quenya]] ''[[oro]]'' ("mountain")
+{{references}}
+{{title|lowercase}}
+[[Category:Quenya nouns]]
 [[Category:Sindarin nouns]]
-[[category:trees]]

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