Eldamo : Sindarin : Minas Anor

S. Minas Anor loc. “Tower of the (Setting) Sun”

S. Minas Anor, loc. “Tower of the (Setting) Sun”

Original name of Minas Tirith, translated “Tower of the Setting Sun” (LotR/244), a combination of minas “tower” and Anor “Sun” (SA/minas, nár).

Conceptual Development: When it first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, the name N. Minas Anor was translated more literally as “Tower of the Sun” (TI/119).

References ✧ LotR/244; LotRI/Minas Anor, Tower of the (Setting) Sun; MRI/Minas Anor; PMI/Minas Anor; S/291; SA/minas, nár; SI/Minas Anor; UTI/Minas Anor

Glosses

“Tower of the (Setting) Sun” ✧ LotRI/Minas Anor; LotRI/Tower of the (Setting) Sun
“Tower of the Setting Sun” ✧ LotR/244; S/291
“Tower of the Sun” ✧ SI/Minas Anor; UTI/Minas Anor

Elements

minas	“tower, fort, city (with a citadel and central watch tower)”	✧ SA/minas
Anor	“Sun”	✧ SA/nár

N. Minas Anor loc. “Tower of the Sun”

See S. Minas Anor for discussion.

References ✧ TI/119, 144; TII/Minas Anor; WRI/Minas Anor

Glosses

“Tower of the Setting Sun” ✧ TI/144
“Tower of the Sun” ✧ TI/119; TII/Minas Anor

Elements

minnas	“tower”
Anor	“Sun”