| Town | |
| Almaida | |
|---|---|
| General Information | |
| Location | Bay of Andúnië, Númenor |
| Type | Town |
| People and History | |
| Inhabitants | Númenóreans |
| Destroyed | Presumably during the Downfall of Númenor |
Almaida was a shoreland town that apparently lay on the Bay of Andúnië in the north-western region of Númenor known as the Andustar. It seems to have been built a little further westward along the bay than the main city of Andúnië itself, but little more can be said of Almaida.
Etymology
The name is only known from a single sketch-map of Númenor, where it is unintelligible, and is never mentioned elsewhere.[1] The name is apparently Quenya but also it is incompatible with Quenya phonology as the sound d does not occur in Quenya names outside "nd", "rd" and "ld".[note 1] It has been suggested that the actual word was misread by Christopher Tolkien.[2]
Notes
- ↑ A similar problem is seen with the word Aldudénië from The Silmarillion
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Introduction", p. 7
- ↑ "Númenor Place-Names", Elfling
