annon - Tolkien Gateway

annon is Sindarin for 'great door' or 'gate'.^[1]

Etymology

The word derives from the root AD.^[2]

Examples

Annon-in-Gelydh
Forannest - The northernmost gate of Rammas Echor
Morannon - "Black Gate"
Sirannon - "Gate-stream"

Cognates

Quenya ando

References

↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", annon
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", AD

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