Sindarin
nan-tathren
place name. Land of Willows, (lit.) Willow-vale
Noldorin
nan-tathren
place name. Land of Willows
nan-tathrin
place name. Land of Willows
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Gnomish
dor-tathrin
place name. Land of Willows
nan tathrin
place name. Land of Willows
Early Quenya
tasarinan
place name. Land of Willows
Qenya
tasarinan
place name. Land of Willows
Land where the river Narog met the river Sirion, translated “Land of Willows” (S/120). It is a combination of nan(d) “valley” and the adjective tathren “of willow” (SA/nan(d), tathar).
Conceptual Development: This name appears as G. Nantathrin with an i in the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, and as G. Nan Tathrin in Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/61). It also appeared as N. Nan-Tathrin in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, at one place translated “Valley of Willows” (SM/35) but generally translated “Land of Willows” (SM/141, LR/126). Later in the 1930s Tolkien revised the name to N. Nan-tathren with an e (LR/145), a form that also appeared in The Etymologies with the same derivation as given above (Ety/NAD, TATHAR).