Carn Dûm

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'''Carn Dûm''' was the capital of [[Angmar]].

Established on the very Eastern tip of the mountains of [[Angmar]], on the Western tip of the [[Mountains of Angmar]] which is near the [[Dwarves|Dwarven]] holy site [[Mount Gundabad]], it was inhabited by the [[Witch-king of Angmar]] and his many servants: fallen [[Men]], [[Orcs]], and other fell creatures. From here he based his attacks on the three petty realms of [[Arnor]], quickly managing to destroy [[Rhudaur]] and later [[Cardolan]].

[[Arthedain]] fell in the [[Battle of Fornost]] in [[Third Age 1974]], but the Witch-king was routed by [[Glorfindel of Rivendell|Glorfindel]] and in 1975 Angmar itself fell under an assault, and '''Carn Dûm''' was sieged by the [[Dúnedain]] of [[Gondor]], the survivors of [[Arnor]], and [[Elves]] of [[Lindon]]. Carn Dûm was utterly destroyed, although some Orcs survived there until at least the [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs]] and possibly after as well, until they were wiped out by [[Aragorn Elessar]], [[High King]] of the [[Reunited Kingdom]].
==Etymology==
''Carn dúm'' in Gaelic can be translated as 'mountain fortress' but it is not known if this was intentional by Tolkien since he didn't use Gaelic anywhere else.<ref>http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/c/carndum.html</ref>

In the context of the [[languages]] of [[Middle-earth]], the meaning and the language of the name is not known. The circumflex ^ is used by Tolkien in [[Sindarin]] extra long vowels<ref>''[[The Silmarillion]]'' appendix</ref>, but these words (if Sindarin) have not been attested anywhere else.

The name could be [[Khuzdul]] (like [[Gundabad]] nearby) but Tolkien uses ''K'' for this language instead of ''C''<ref>[[Appendix E]]</ref>, although [[Dûm]] is also a Khuzdul word meaning "hall, mansion".

Other than that,
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Vinitharya

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'''Vinitharya''' was the royal son of [[Valacar]] of [[Gondor]] and [[Vidumavi]], daughter of the [[King of Rhovanion]]. When he returned to [[Gondor]] with his father, he was given the name [[Eldacar of Gondor|Eldacar]], a name he retained when he inherited Gondor's throne.
==Etymology==
Winid-haria is a Gothic name meaning 'pasture-armyman' or '[[Wikipedia:Wend|Wend]]-armyman'.

Note that it should be pronounced as Vinit-harya (the way we pronounce ''plot-hole''), and '''not''' as **ViniÞarya.
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