Mordor

Mordor

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Mordor

Mordor

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mordor

place name. Black Land

The home of Sauron, usually translated “Black Land” (Let/178, RC/75) but sometimes “Black Country” (RC/766, RS/216) or “Land of Darkness” (WJ/370). This name is a combination of morn “black” and dôr “land” (Let/427; SA/mor, dôr).

Conceptual Development: The name Mordor “Black Country” first appeared in the tale of the Fall of Númenor (LR/29), and appeared consistently in this form in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s.

Mordor

noun. black land

morn (“dark, black”) + (n-)dor (“land, dwelling place”)

Mordor

Mordor

The term Mordor translates to "The Black Land" or "The Dark Land" in Sindarin. mor = "dark, black", dôr = "land" (The Silmarillion, Appendix - Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names). Mordor is also coincidentally Quenya for "shadows" (plural), though the direct calque of Sindarin Mordor was Morinórë or Morinor, a name also used for the Dark Land.

barad-dûr

place name. Dark Tower

Sauron’s fortress in Mordor, translated “Dark Tower” (LotR/555). It is a combination of barad “tower” and dûr “dark” (PE17/22, 85; RC/274; SA/barad, dûr).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name was already N. Barad-dûr when it first appeared (TI/178).

mordor

place name. Black Country

nelig myrn

proper name. Teeth of Mordor

A name for the towers guarding the entrance to Mordor in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, glossed “Teeth of Mordor” (WR/113). The name is a combination of the plural of neleg “tooth” and the plural of the adjective morn “black”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/3.11).

Conceptual Development: This name first appeared as (rejected) Naglath Morn (WR/122) using the class-plural naglath “teeth” instead of the ordinary plural nelig. In the published version of The Lord of the Rings, the towers were named individually, as S. Carchost and S. Narchost.

ennyn dûr

proper name. Gates of Mordor

Earliest name (rejected) for S. Morannon (WR/113), a combination of the plural of annon “gate” and dûr “dark”.

mornennyn

proper name. Gates of Mordor

Earlier name for S. Morannon (WR/112-3), a combination of morn “black” and the plural of annon “gate”, also appearing as (rejected) Morennyn (WR/113).

naglath morn

proper name. Teeth of Mordor

barad-dûr

place name. Dark Tower

nargûn

place name. Mordor

lugbúrz

place name. Dark Tower

morinóre

t^7T5~N7R noun. black-lands, dark-lands, darklands