Ondonórë
gondor
Ondor-
place name. Gondor
ondonórë
place name. Gondor, (lit.) Stone Land
The Quenya name of S. Gondor, translated “Stone Land” (RC/347, PE17/28). It is a compound of ondo “stone” and nórë “land”. It also appeared in the shorter form Ondórë in the phrase savin Elessar ar i nánë aran Ondórëo “I believe that E[lessar] really existed and that he was the King of Gondor” (VT49/27).
Conceptual Development: An earlier Quenya name for this land was ᴹQ. Ondor (PE22/125).
Cognates
- S. Gondor “Stone-land” ✧ PE17/028; RC/347
Element in
- Q. Ondonórë Nómesseron Minasurië “Enquiry into the Place-names of Gondor” ✧ VT42/17
- Q. savin Elessar ar i nánë aran Ondórëo “I believe that E[lessar] really existed and that he was a King of Gondor” ✧ PE22/158; VT49/27
Elements
Word Gloss ondo “stone (as a material), (large mass of) rock” nórë “land, country; †people, race, tribe, land, country, [ᴹQ.] region where certain people live, [ᴱQ.] nation; [Q.] †people, race, tribe, [ᴹQ.] folk, [ᴱQ.] family” Variations
- Ondonóre ✧ PE17/028; RC/347; VT42/17
Gondor
noun. stone land
gond (“great stone, rock”) + (-n)dor (“land, dwelling”)
Gondor
'Stone-land'
topon. 'Stone-land'. A name given because of the abundance of gond, stone in Ered Nimrais, and the great use made of it by the Southern Dúnedain. Q Ondonóre. >> gond
gondor
place name. Stone-land
Southern kingdom of the Dúnedain (LotR/242), a combination of gond “stone” and dôr “land” (SA/gond, dôr).
Conceptual Development: This land was first mentioned as ᴹQ. Ondor in the 1930s in drafts of the tale of the Fall of Númenor (LR/33). While this name could be Noldorin, linguistic notes from the 1940s indicate it was Quenya (PE22/125). In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, it first appeared as ᴹQ. Ond (R/381), revised to Ondor (TI/146) and finally Gondor (TI/423).
Cognates
- Q. Ondonórë “Gondor, (lit.) Stone Land” ✧ PE17/028; RC/347
Derivations
- ✶Gondo-ndor- “Stone-land” ✧ PE17/028
Element in
- S. aran Gondor ar Arnor ar Hîr i Mbair Annui “king of Gondor and Arnor and Lord of the Westlands” ✧ AotM/062; SD/129
- S. Harondor “Southern Gondor” ✧ TI/310
Elements
Word Gloss gond “stone, rock, stone, rock, [N.] stone (as a material), [G.] great stone” dôr “land, land, [N.] region where certain people live, [ᴱN.] country; [G.] people of the land” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶Gondo-ndor- > Gondor [gondondor] > [gondndor] > [gondor] ✧ PE17/028 Variations
- Gon-ndor- ✧ PE17/028
Gondor
Gondor
In earlier times, it was called the South Kingdom, or Hyaralondie, Hyallondie and Turmen Hyallondiéva in Quenya, and Arthor na Challonnas in Sindarin from the Númenórean point of view: the elements londie and lonnas mean "harbour, landing". The name Gondor was likely adopted from the lesser people's terminology and translates from Sindarin as "Stone-land", from the words gond, "stone", and (n)dor, "land". The (generally not used) Quenya form of the name was Ondonóre. Gondor received its name because of the abundance of stone in the Ered Nimrais, and the usage of it in great stone cities, statues, and monuments, such as Minas Tirith and the Argonath. In Rohan, it was known as Stoningland (a modernization of Old English Stāning-(land)), and Ghân-buri-Ghân of the Drúedain also recognized their use of stone.
gondo-ndor-
place name. Stone-land
Derivatives
- S. Gondor “Stone-land” ✧ PE17/028
Ondonórë, #Ondórë place-name "Gondor" (Stone-land). The shorter form of the name is attested in the genitive in the phrase aran Ondórëo, "a king of Gondor". (VT42:17, VT49:27)