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'''Endor''' or '''[[Endórë]]''' was a [[Quenya]] name for the region much better known as [[Middle-earth]] (''[[en-]]'' means "middle" and ''[[nórë]]'' means "land").  The [[Sindarin]] form of this name was '''[[Ennor]]'''.
'''''Endor''''' or '''''[[Endórë]]''''' was a [[Quenya]] name for the region much better known as [[Middle-earth]]. The [[Sindarin]] form of this name was ''[[Ennor]]''.<ref name=PE>{{PE|17}}, p. 26</ref>
==Etymology==
 
*''[[en-]]'' ("middle"){{fact}} + ''[[nóre]]'' ("land")<ref name=PE/>
*[[Sundocarme|Roots]] [[EN(ED)]] ("centre, middle") + [[NDOR]] ("land")<ref name=PE/>
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Revision as of 23:10, 18 June 2011

Endor or Endórë was a Quenya name for the region much better known as Middle-earth. The Sindarin form of this name was Ennor.[1]

Etymology

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 26