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Cair Andros

noun. ship of long foam

cair (“ship”), and (“long”) + ros (“foam, rain”) Nd doesn’t become nn before r; the original form of ros would probably be ross, with the final s dropped at the end of a polysyllable [HKF].

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cair andros

place name. Ship of Long Foam

An island in the river Anduin (LotR/812), translated “Ship of Long Foam” (PM/371), sometimes appearing as just Andros “Long Foam (LotR/1115). This name is a combination of cair “ship”, and “long” and ross “foam, spray” (SA/an(d), ros).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this island was first named N. Tol Varad “Defended Isle”, soon revised to Men Falros “✱Place of Splashing Foam” (WR/326). Later in the drafts it was changed to N. Cairros “✱Ship Foam” then Andros before Tolkien settled on its full form N. Cair Andros (WR/340 note #15).

Elements

WordGloss
cair“ship”
and“long”
ross“rain; spindrift, spray, foam, rain; spray, spindrift, foam”

Variations

  • Andros ✧ LotR/1115; LotRI/Cair Andros
Sindarin [LotR/1115; LotRI/Cair Andros; PM/371; PMI/Cair Andros; SA/an(d); SA/ros; UTI/Cair Andros] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Cair Andros

Ship of Long Foam

The Sindarin name Cair Andros translates to "Ship of Long Foam". Cair means "ship", and means "long", and ros means (in this context at least) "foam".

Sindarin [Tolkien Gateway "Cair Andros"] Published by

Cair Andros

Cair Andros

The Sindarin name Cair Andros translates to "Ship of Long Foam". Cair means "ship", and means "long", and ros means (in this context at least) "foam".

Sindarin [Tolkien Gateway] Published by