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| location=Western [[Gondor]]
| location=Western [[Gondor]]
| inhabitants=[[Gondorians]]
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| realms=[[Gondor]]
| realms=[[Gondor]]<br/>[[Reunited Kingdom]]
| description=Hill-range, with unnamed settlements
| description=Hill-range, with unnamed settlements
| othernames=Green Hills, Green Slopes, Green Downs
| othernames=Green Hills, Green Slopes, Green Downs

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Pinnath Gelin
Hill-range
General Information
Other namesGreen Hills, Green Slopes, Green Downs
LocationWestern Gondor
TypeHill-range
DescriptionHill-range, with unnamed settlements
RegionsGondor
Reunited Kingdom
People and History
InhabitantsGondorians
EventsWar of the Ring
GalleryImages of Pinnath Gelin

The Pinnath Gelin or Green Hills was a fief in the far west of Gondor, bounded to the west by the River Lefnui, and to the east by the Morthond.

History

At the time of the War of the Ring, the lord of this region was Hirluin the Fair. He led three hundred of his soldiers to the defence of Minas Tirith, all dressed in green.[1] Hirluin never went back to the Green Hills of his home - he was slain in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.[2]

Etymology

Usually translated as Green Hills,[1] and sometimes as Green Downs,[3] the name's meaning would be actually closer to Green Ridges, Green Slopes or Green Crests. The first word was a Gondor Sindarin form of Sindarin pennath, "slopes", merged with pinn, "crest". The second was the plural of the word calen, "green". [4]

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