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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==


==Quenya noun inflection==
*''[[enedh]]'' ("middle")<ref name="Etym">{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry ÉNED-, p. 356</ref> + ''[[nóre]]'' ("land")<ref name=PE/>
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*[[Sundocarme|Roots]] [[EN(ED)]] ("centre, middle") + [[NDOR]] ("land")<ref name=PE/>
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|{{qya-decl-r|num=sg|End|ó|o}}
|{{qya-decl-e|num=sg|Endór}}
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[[Category:Quenya locations]]
[[Category:Quenya locations]]

Latest revision as of 18:15, 6 April 2013

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[edit | edit source]

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
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry ÉNED-, p. 356