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Armenelos

2010-01-21T15:01:39Z

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{{location
| image=[[Image:Jef Murray - Armenelos the golden.jpg|250px]]
| name=Armenelos
| othernames=The Golden,[[City of the Kings]]
| etymology=[[S.]] ''[[ar]]'' "royal" + ''[[menel]]'' "heaven" + ''[[ost|os]]'' "fortress"
| type=City
| location=[[Arandor]], nigh [[Meneltarma]]
| inhabitants=[[Númenóreans]]
| realms=[[Númenor]]
| description=Mighty city, capital of [[Númenor]]
| events=[[Downfall of Númenor]]
| references=''[[Akallabêth]]''
|}}
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'''Armenelos the Golden''', refered to as [[City of the Kings|The City of Kings]], was the capital and (in later years) the largest city of [[Númenor]].

It was situated in eastern central [[Númenor]], in the district called [[Arandor]], the Kingsland, close to [[Meneltarma]] and the haven of [[Rómenna]].

It was founded as far back as the end of the [[First Age]], when the [[Edain]] first migrated to the island. Conceivably [[Arandor]] was the first district they settled after landing in a firth that later led to the haven of [[Rómenna]].

Armenelos contained the royal palace, the [[King's House]], reportedly built with the help of the [[Maiar]]. Its finishing, together with the coronation of [[Elros]] in [[Second Age 32|S.A. 32]] marked the beginning of the [[Númenorean]] realm.

==Etymology==
''Armenlos'' means "Royal Heaven-fortress", from the [[Sindarin]] elements ''[[ar]]'', "royal", ''[[menel]]'', "heaven", and ''[[ost|os]]'' "fortress".
At early stages of writing, this city was called by an [[Adûnaic]] name, ''Ar-Minalêth''. It is uncertain whether this name was deleted or not.
==References==

*''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Akallabêth]]
*''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', [[A Description of the Island of Númenor]]
*''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', [[Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife]]
* ''[[Sauron Defeated]]'', [[The Drowning of Anadûnê]]

==See also==
* [[:Category:Images of Armenelos|Images of Armenelos]]

[[Category:Cities in Númenor]]
[[Category:Pronounced articles]]

Armenelos

2010-01-21T15:01:12Z

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{{location
| image=[[Image:Jef Murray - Armenelos the golden.jpg|250px]]
| name=Armenelos
| othernames=The Golden,[[City of the Kings]]
| etymology=[[S.]] ''[[ar]]'' "royal" + ''[[menel]]'' "heaven" + ''[[ost|os]]'' "fortress"
| type=City
| location=[[Arandor]], nigh [[Meneltarma]]
| inhabitants=[[Númenóreans]]
| realms=[[Númenor]]
| description=Mighty city, capital of [[Númenor]]
| events=[[Downfall of Númenor]]
| references=''[[Akallabêth]]''
|}}
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'''Armenelos the Golden''', refered to as [[City of the Kings|The City of Kings]], was the capital and (in later years) the largest city of [[Númenor]].

It was situated in eastern central [[Númenor]], in the district called [[Arandor]], the Kingsland, close to [[Meneltarma]] and the haven of [[Rómenna]].

It was founded as far back as the end of the [[First Age]], when the [[Edain]] first migrated to the island. Conceivably [[Arandor]] was the first district they settled after landing in a firth that later led to the haven of [[Rómenna]].

Armenelos contained the royal palace, the [[King's House]], reportedly built with the help of the [[Maiar]]. Its finishing, together with the coronation of [[Elros]] in [[Second Age 32|S.A. 32]] marked the beginning of the [[Númenorean]] realm.

==Etymology==
''Armenlos'' means "Royal Heaven-fortress", from the [[Aindarin]] elements ''[[ar]]'', "royal", ''[[menel]]'', "heaven", and ''[[ost|os]]'' "fortress".
At early stages of writing, this city was called by an [[Adûnaic]] name, ''Ar-Minalêth''. It is uncertain whether this name was deleted or not.
==References==

*''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Akallabêth]]
*''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', [[A Description of the Island of Númenor]]
*''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', [[Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife]]
* ''[[Sauron Defeated]]'', [[The Drowning of Anadûnê]]

==See also==
* [[:Category:Images of Armenelos|Images of Armenelos]]

[[Category:Cities in Númenor]]
[[Category:Pronounced articles]]

Annon-in-Gelydh

2010-01-20T19:34:36Z

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'''Annon-in-Gelydh''' was the [[Sindarin]] name for the lost '[[Gate of the Noldor]]' ([[anna]] = gate, in = the, [[gelydh]] = Noldor), found after years of searching by [[Tuor]], and used by him to escape [[Hithlum]] and find his way into [[Nevrast]].

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Angrim

2010-01-20T18:56:03Z

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'''Angrim''' ('Iron-host'; [[ang]] = iron, [[rim]] = host, large number) was a [[Men|man]], father of [[Gorlim]].

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Angband

2010-01-20T18:21:56Z

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{{location
| image= [[Image:Angband Sotomayor.jpg|250px]]
| name= Angband
| type= fortress
| location= North [[Beleriand]]
| inhabitants= [[Melkor]], [[Sauron]], [[Orcs]], [[Dragons]]
| realms=
| description= primarily an underground fortress; the main feature above ground were the [[Thangorodrim]].
| othernames=
| etymology= ''[[ang]]'' = "iron", ''[[band]]'' = "prison"
| events= Besieged by [[Noldor]], destroyed at the [[War of Wrath]].
| references=
|}}
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'''Angband''' ('Iron Prison' or 'Hell of Iron'; [[ang]] = iron, [[band]] = prison, duress) was a mighty fortified citadel originally constructed by [[Melkor]] in the earliest days of the world as an outlying fortress to his northern stronghold of [[Utumno]]. [[Utumno]] was destroyed by the [[Valar]], and [[Melkor]] imprisoned in [[Valinor]] for three ages, but on his return to [[Middle-earth]], he took Angband as the seat of his power, and raised the towers of [[Thangorodrim]] above its gates.

Angband was besieged by the [[Noldor]] during the early part of the [[First Age]], but the Siege of Angband was broken at the [[Dagor Bragollach]]. It was finally destroyed by the forces of the [[Valar]] at the end of the [[First Age]], in the [[War of Wrath]].

==History==
[[Melkor]] built Angband during the [[Years of the Trees]], originally as an outlying fortress and armoury to his great northern citadel at [[Utumno]]. It was commanded from its first construction by Sauron, the chief of [[Melkor]]'s servants. Angband was built near the northwestern shores of the [[Great Sea]] in the range of the [[Iron Mountains]], as a first defence against any attack on Melkor's realm from the Valar in Aman.

When the [[Valar]] captured [[Melkor]] and took him in chains back to [[Valinor]], Angband was largely destroyed and lay in ruins for many thousands of years, although beneath the ruins lay many hidden chambers in which some of Melkor's servants escaped the Valar's assault. Sauron was one of these, and the Balrogs lay hid with him in Angband's deepest vaults.

Angband re-entered history when [[Melkor]] escaped [[Valinor]] with the stolen [[Silmarils]]: he chose the ruined fortress as his new capital, and rebuilt the [[Hells of Iron]] as a base for the dark reign he intended for the lands of [[Middle-earth]].

Soon after the Return of the [[Noldor]] to [[Beleriand]], [[Morgoth]] took [[Maedhros]] [[Fëanor]]'s son by deceit and trickery, and hung him by the wrist from the towers of [[Thangorodrim]] above Angband. He was rescued by [[Fingon]] and [[Thorondor]], but lost his right hand.

[[Image:angband2.gif|thumb|200px|right|Location of Angband]]
The third of the great battles in the [[Wars of Beleriand]], the [[Dagor Aglareb]], had profound consequences for Angband. Until that time (about the year 75 of the [[First Age]]) [[Morgoth]] sent out hosts of [[Orcs]] in the hope of taking the [[Noldor]] by surprise. The [[Noldor]], though, chased these [[Orcs]] back to the very gates of Angband, and slew them to the last creature. From then until the [[Dagor Bragollach]] in F.A. 455, a period of almost 400 years, Angband was surrounded by the [[Noldor]]; this is the time known as the Siege of Angband.

==Appearance and Construction==
Angband was primarily an underground fortress, at least after its initial destruction by the [[Valar]] in the [[Years of the Trees]]. Like its prototype, [[Utumno]], it had many hidden underground chambers and vaults far beneath the earth. Its main features above ground were the three peaks of the [[Thangorodrim]], mighty towers of ash and slag raised above Angband's gates.
The peaks of Thangorodrim were hollow, and from them channels and chimneys ran down to the deepest pits of Angband. So, [[Morgoth]] could produce poisonous clouds and vapours, as indeed he sent against the [[Noldor]] in [[Mithrim]] during the first days after their Return.

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Angainor

2010-01-20T17:40:50Z

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'''Angainor''' ([[anga]] = iron) is the chain used to contain [[Melkor]] (who was later known as ''[[Morgoth]]'') in the Halls of [[Mandos]]. It was constructed by the [[Valar|Vala]] [[Aulë]] and held Melkor for three ages (around 2,900 solar years). At the end of the [[First Age]], Melkor was again bound by Angainor, and his iron crown was made into a collar.

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Anfauglith

2010-01-20T17:34:01Z

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{{location
| image=
| name=Anfauglith
| othernames=Formerly [[Ard-galen]]
| etymology=[[S.]] ''[[an-]]'' "with, by" + ''[[faug]]'' "thirsty, gasping" + ''[[lith]]'' "ash, sand, dust"
| type=Plain/Desert
| location=South of [[Ered Engrin]], west of [[Ered Luin]], north of [[March of Maedhros]]
| inhabitants=Uninhabited
| realms=[[Morgoth]] from [[Angband]]
| description=An enormous, dry, dusty plain once fertile
| events=[[Dagor Bragollach]]
| references=''[[Of the Ruin of Beleriand]]''
|}}
'''Anfauglith''' was the charred desert to the north of [[Beleriand]], created by the fires of [[Thangorodrim]] during the [[Dagor Bragollach]] ("Battle of Sudden Flame") in [[First Age]] 455. It was originally the green plain of [[Ard-galen]].

Anfauglith means "By [[Gasping Dust]]" in [[Sindarin]] (from ''[[an]]-'' = "with, by", ''[[faug]]'' = "thirsty, gasping", and ''[[lith]]'' = "ash, sand, dust").
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Anfauglir

2010-01-20T17:30:32Z

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'''Anfauglir''' means 'Jaws of Thirst'; [[anca]] = jaws, [[faug]] = gape. [[Carcharoth]] was the greatest wolf of all time, bred by [[Morgoth]] with the purpose of defeating [[Huan]], whose fate was to be slain by such a creature. The great wolf was set by his master as a guard on the gates of [[Angband]]. When [[Beren Erchamion|Beren]] and [[Lúthien Tinúviel|Lúthien]] entered Angband in quest of the [[Silmarils|Silmaril]], they were able to enchant Carcharoth and pass safely in, but as they made their escape, they encountered him once again.

Beren held up the hallowed Jewel to ward off the beast, but Carcharoth bit off his hand at the wrist, Silmaril and all. Because of the power of the Jewel, it burned the wolf's innards, consuming him with an overpowering thirst. From this comes Carcharoth's later and rarer name of '''Anfauglir''', meaning 'Jaws of Thirst'.

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Andúnië

2010-01-20T17:26:34Z

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{{location
| image=[[Image:Felix Sotomayor - Andunie.jpg|250px]]
| name=Andúnië
| type=City/Port
| location=western [[Numenor]]
| inhabitants=[[Numenoreans]], [[Falmari]]
| realms=[[Numenor]]
| description=
| othernames=
| etymology="Sunset" in [[Quenya]]
| events=
| references=[[Unfinished Tales]], [[The Silmarillion]]
|}}
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'''Andúnië''' was an important city and port in the realm of [[Númenor]], located on the [[Bay of Andúnië]] in the [[Andustar]] region, on the western end of the island. Though not the capital, it was initially the largest city of Númenor because the [[Falmari|Elves]] of [[Tol Eressëa]] would often visit the haven.

In [[Second Age]] 630, [[Tar-Elendil]] created the title [[Lord of Andúnië]] in honor of his first grandson, [[Valandil of Númenor|Valandil]]. Though not a direct part of the Royal Family, the [[:Category:Lords of Andúnië|Lords of Andúnië]] were important nobles and members of the [[Council of the Sceptre]]. Since Andúnië was an Elf-haven, the Lords of Andúnië were also the leaders of the "[[Faithful]]" — those who advocated continued friendship with the and obedience to the [[Valar]].

However, as the [[Shadow]] was falling upon Númenor, [[Armenelos]] became larger and more important than Andúnië. By the close of the Second Age, the Faithful were labeled as traitors by the [[King's Men]] and deported to [[Rómenna]] in the east. Andúnië was ultimately destroyed in the [[Downfall of Númenor]] in 3319.

[[Amandil of Andúnië|Amandil]], the last of the Lords of Andúnië, was the ancestor of the Kings of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]] in [[Middle-earth]].

Andúnië is a variant of the [[Quenya]] word '''''[[andúnë]]''''', meaning "sunset".

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Andram

2010-01-20T17:13:11Z

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{{location
| image=
| name=Andram
| othernames=The Long Wall
| etymology=[[S.]] ''[[and]]'' "long" + ''[[ram]]'' "wall"
| type=Hills
| location=Stretching across south [[Beleriand]] from [[Taur-en-Faroth]] to [[Ramdal]]
| inhabitants=
| realms=
| description=A long wall of hills
| events=
| references=''[[Of Beleriand and Its Realms]]''
|}}
'''Andram''' ([[Sindarin|S]]. 'long wall'; [[and]] = long, [[ram]] = wall) was the long wall of hills that ran across [[Beleriand]] west to east, from [[Nargothrond]] to the [[Gates of Sirion]] and ending to [[Ramdal]].

Its easternmost hill was [[Amon Ereb]], which usually was not considered a part of Andram.

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Andram

2010-01-20T17:12:55Z

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{{location
| image=
| name=Andram
| othernames=The Long Wall
| etymology=[[S.]] ''[[and]]'' "long" + ''[[ram]]'' "wall"
| type=Hills
| location=Stretching across south [[Beleriand]] from [[Taur-en-Faroth]] to [[Ramdal]]
| inhabitants=
| realms=
| description=A long wall of hills
| events=
| references=''[[Of Beleriand and Its Realms]]''
|}}
'''Andram''' ([[Sindarin|S]]. 'long wall'; [[and]] = long, [[ram]] = wall) was the long wall of hills that ran across [[Beleriand]] west to east, from [[Nargothrond]] to the [[Gates of Sirion]] and ending to [[Ramdal]].

Its easternmost hill was [[Amon Ereb]], which usually was not considered a part of Andram.

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[[Category:Sindarin Words]]
[[Category:Southwest Beleriand]]
[[Category:Southeast Beleriand]]
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Andor

2010-01-20T17:08:54Z

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'''Andor''' was a name for [[Númenor]], meaning 'The Land of Gift'. [[anna]] = gift, [[dor]] = land.

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2010-01-20T17:08:26Z

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