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The '''Pinnath Gelin''' ([[Sindarin]] ''[[pinnath]]'' "ridges" + ''[[calin]]'' "green") was an upland region in the far west of [[Gondor]], bounded to the west by the River [[Lefnui]], and to the east by the [[Morthond]]. It lay behind the long shore known as [[Anfalas]] or [[Langstrand]]. The name is translated '[[Green Hills]]' (not to be confused with the Green Hills that ran through the [[Shire]], far to the north of Pinnath Gelin).  
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| location=Western [[Gondor]]
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| description=Hill-range, with unnamed settlements
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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|Hirluin the Fair]]. He led three hundred of his soldiers to the defence of [[Minas Tirith]], all dressed in green.<ref name="MT">{{RK|MT}}</ref> Hirluin never went back to the Green Hills of his home - he was slain in the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]].<ref name="BPF">{{RK|Battle}}</ref>


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, as seems to have been the custom among the hills of Pinnath Gelin. Hirluin never went back to the Green Hills of his home - he was slain in the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]].
==Etymology==
Usually translated as '''Green Hills''',<ref name="MT"/> and sometimes as '''Green Downs''',<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 525 (citing from the [[Unfinished index]])</ref> the meaning of the name ''Pinnath Gelin'' would be actually closer to Green Ridges, Green Slopes or Green Crests. The first word was the dialectical [[Sindarin]] or [[Gondor Sindarin]] ''[[pinnath]]''. The second was the plural of the word ''[[calen]]'', "green".<ref name="PE1724">{{PE|17}}, p. 24</ref>
 
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[[Category:Gondor]]
[[Category:Regions]]
[[Category:Sindarin locations]]

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Pinnath Gelin
Range of hills
General Information
Other namesGreen Hills, Green Slopes, Green Downs
LocationWestern Gondor
TypeRange of hills
DescriptionHill-range, with unnamed settlements
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 meaning of the name Pinnath Gelin would be actually closer to Green Ridges, Green Slopes or Green Crests. The first word was the dialectical Sindarin or Gondor Sindarin pinnath. The second was the plural of the word calen, "green".[4]

References