taurost

place name. High City

The name of the central citadel of Minas Tirith in Lord of the Rings drafts (WR/260). It is a combination of taur “high” and ost “city”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/3.24).

Elements

Word	Gloss
taur	“vast, mighty, overwhelming, awful, huge; high, sublime”
ost	“city, town (with wall round)”