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'''Ras Mewrim''' was a small cape on the coastline south-west of [[Eglarest]], in the land of the [[Falas]] in [[Beleriand]].<ref name=WJBeleriand>{{WJ|Beleriand}}, pp. 184, 190</ref> '''Bar-in-Mŷl'''‎, the "Home of the Gulls", was another name for the cape.<ref>{{WJ|Quendi}}, pp. 379, 418 (note 8)</ref>
'''Ras Mewrim''' was a small cape on the coastline south-west of [[Eglarest]], in the land of the [[Falas]] in [[Beleriand]].<ref name=WJBeleriand>{{WJ|Beleriand}}, pp. 184, 190</ref> '''Bar-in-Mŷl'''‎, the "Home of the [[Gulls]]", was another name for the cape.<ref name=WJ>{{WJ|Quendi}}, pp. 379, 418 (note 8)</ref>
==Etymology==
The [[Sindarin]] name ''Bar-in-Mŷl'' consists of ''[[bar]]'' ("home") and ''[[mŷl]]'' ("gulls").<ref name=WJ/>
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Ras Mewrim was a small cape on the coastline south-west of Eglarest, in the land of the Falas in Beleriand.[1] Bar-in-Mŷl‎, the "Home of the Gulls", was another name for the cape.[2]

Etymology

The Sindarin name Bar-in-Mŷl consists of bar ("home") and mŷl ("gulls").[2]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand its Realms (Chapter 11)", pp. 184, 190
  2. 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar", pp. 379, 418 (note 8)