Q. Ondonórë loc. “Gondor, (lit.) Stone Land”

Q. Ondonórë, loc. “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).

References ✧ PE17/28; PE22/158; RC/347; VT42/17; VT49/27

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Inflections

Ondóreo genitive “of Gondor” ✧ PE22/158; VT49/27

Elements

ondo “stone (as a material), (large mass of) rock” ✧ RC/347
nórë “land, country; †people, race, tribe”

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