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The '''Pinnath Gelin''' or '''Green Hills''' was a fief in the far west of [[Gondor]], bounded to the west by the River [[Lefnui]], and to the east by the [[Morthond]].
The '''Pinnath Gelin''' or '''Green Hills''' was a fief in the far west of [[Gondor]], bounded to the west by the River [[Lefnui]], and to the east by the [[Morthond]].
==History==
==History==
At the time of the [[War of the Ring]], the lord of this region was [[Hirluin the Fair]]. He led three hundred of his soldiers to the defence of [[Minas Tirith]], all dressed in green.<ref name="MT">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[The Return of the King]]'', "[[Minas Tirith (chapter)|Minas Tirith]]"</ref> Hirluin never went back to the Green Hills of his home - he was slain in the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]].<ref name="BPF">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[The Return of the King]]'', "[[The Battle of the Pelennor Fields]]"</ref>
At the time of the [[War of the Ring]], the lord of this region was [[Hirluin|Hirluin the Fair]]. He led three hundred of his soldiers to the defence of [[Minas Tirith]], all dressed in green.<ref name="MT">{{RK|MT}}</ref> Hirluin never went back to the Green Hills of his home - he was slain in the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]].<ref name="BPF">{{RK|Battle}}</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
Usually translated as '''Green Hills''',<ref name="MT"/> and sometimes as '''Green Downs''',<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''Unfinished Index'', in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'' (eds. [[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]]), page 525</ref> the name's meaning would be actually closer to Green Ridges, Green Slopes or Green Crests. The first word was a [[Gondor Sindarin]] form of [[Sindarin]] ''pennath'', "slopes", merged with ''pinn'', "crest". The second was the plural of the word ''[[calen]]'', "green". <ref name="PE1724">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], "Words, Phrases and Passages in ''The Lord of the Rings''", in [[Parma Eldalamberon]] (ed. [[Christopher Gilson]]), [[Parma Eldalamberon 17|vol. 17]], July [[2007]], page 24</ref>
Usually translated as '''Green Hills''',<ref name="MT"/> and sometimes as '''Green Downs''',<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 525 (citing from the [[Unfinished index]])</ref> the meaning of the name ''Pinnath Gelin'' would be actually closer to Green Ridges, Green Slopes or Green Crests. The first word was the dialectical [[Sindarin]] or [[Gondor Sindarin]] ''[[pinnath]]''. The second was the plural of the word ''[[calen]]'', "green".<ref name="PE1724">{{PE|17}}, p. 24</ref>


==References==
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Pinnath Gelin
Hill-range
General Information
Other namesGreen Hills, Green Slopes, Green Downs
LocationWestern Gondor
TypeHill-range
DescriptionHill-range, with unnamed settlements
RegionsGondor
Reunited Kingdom
People and History
InhabitantsGondorians
EventsWar of the Ring
GalleryImages of Pinnath Gelin

The Pinnath Gelin or Green Hills was a fief in the far west of Gondor, bounded to the west by the River Lefnui, and to the east by the Morthond.

History

At the time of the War of the Ring, the lord of this region was Hirluin the Fair. He led three hundred of his soldiers to the defence of Minas Tirith, all dressed in green.[1] Hirluin never went back to the Green Hills of his home - he was slain in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.[2]

Etymology

Usually translated as Green Hills,[1] and sometimes as Green Downs,[3] the meaning of the name Pinnath Gelin would be actually closer to Green Ridges, Green Slopes or Green Crests. The first word was the dialectical Sindarin or Gondor Sindarin pinnath. The second was the plural of the word calen, "green".[4]

References