ram(b) (“wall”) + as (#abstract collective suffix), echor (“outer circle, outer ring”) < ed (prefix “forth, out”) + côr > caur (“round, globed”) #This suffix probably denotes “a complete set of different items of one kind” rather that mere plurality.
Sindarin
Rammas Echor
place name. Rammas Echor
Rammas Echor
noun. great wall circle
rammas echor
place name. Great Wall of the Outer Circle
The wall around the Pelennor (LotR/750) translated “Great Wall of the Outer Circle”, a combination of rammas “great wall” and echor “outer circle” (SA/ram, echor; RC/512).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name variously appeared as N. Corramas (WR/340), Ramas Coren and Rammas Ephel (WR/288).
Elements
Word Gloss rammas “great wall” echor “outer circle; encircling” Variations
- rammas echor ✧ PE17/100
Rammas Echor
Rammas Echor
Rammas is Sindarin for "great wall". echor means "outer circle". The name therefore means "Great-wall circle".
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