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'''''Ennor''''' is the [[Sindarin]] name for "[[Middle-earth]]". The [[Quenya]] equivalent is ''[[Endor]]''.<ref name=PE>{{PE|17}}, p. 26</ref>
'''''Ennor''''' is the [[Sindarin]] name for "[[Middle-earth]]".<ref>{{App|Consonants}}</ref> The [[Quenya]] equivalent is ''[[Endor]]''.<ref name=PE>{{PE|17}}, p. 26</ref>
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
*Roots [[EN(ED)]] ("centre, middle") + [[NDOR]] ("land")<ref name=PE/>
*Roots [[EN(ED)]] ("centre, middle") + [[NDOR]] ("land")<ref name=PE/>

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Ennor is the Sindarin name for "Middle-earth".[1] The Quenya equivalent is Endor.[2]

Etymology

Compounds

  • Sindarin ennorath ("(all) the Middle-lands"; ennor + -ath)[2]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Pronunciation of Words and Names", "Consonants"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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