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Karningul

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Karningul is the actual Westron name of Imladris. It means Cloven Valley, a deeply-cut, steep sided valley.

[edit] Etymology

It's not easy to divide this word to its components, but obviously it's composed of *karnin and *gul or *karn and *ingul, meaning "cloven" and "valley" respectively.

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