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<blockquote>'' "[...] actually the ON [[Old Norse]] and mod. Icelandic ''sýsla<ref>{{WP|Sýsla}}</ref>>'' (Swed. ''syssla'', Dan. ''syssel'', now obsolete in sense ''amt'', but occurring in place-names) was in mind when I said that the real untranslated name of the Shire was ''Súza'' [...] hence it was also said [...] that it was a 'district of well-ordered ''business'''."'' <ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 775 (entry for ''Shire'')</ref></blockquote | <blockquote>'' "[...] actually the ON [[Old Norse]] and mod. Icelandic ''sýsla<ref>{{WP|Sýsla}}</ref>>'' (Swed. ''syssla'', Dan. ''syssel'', now obsolete in sense ''amt'', but occurring in place-names) was in mind when I said that the real untranslated name of the Shire was ''Súza'' [...] hence it was also said [...] that it was a 'district of well-ordered ''business'''."'' <ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 775 (entry for ''Shire'')</ref></blockquote> | ||
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Sûza is the Westron word for "province, sphere of occupation, division of a realm"[1], visible in Sûza-t, "The Shire".
Etymology
Perhaps the second element -za related to the Adûnaic word zâyan, "land"[2].
Inspiration
"[...] actually the ON Old Norse and mod. Icelandic sýsla[3]> (Swed. syssla, Dan. syssel, now obsolete in sense amt, but occurring in place-names) was in mind when I said that the real untranslated name of the Shire was Súza [...] hence it was also said [...] that it was a 'district of well-ordered business'." [4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F
- ↑ Andreas Möhn, "Etymologies of the Atani languages", entry ZAY'N
- ↑ Sýsla at Wikipedia
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 775 (entry for Shire)
