Q. Andúnië loc. “Sunset”

Q. Andúnië, loc. “Sunset”

A city in western Númenor, “so called because it faced the sunset” (S/261). It is andúnë “sunset” with the abstract-noun suffix -ië¹.

Conceptual Development: The name ᴹQ. Andúnie appeared in the earliest tales of Númenor, first as a name for Númenor itself (LR/14), but soon changing to the name of a major city of that land (LR/25). At one point Tolkien considered changing this name to ᴹQ. Undúnië, but he soon rejected the idea (SD/333, SD/340 note #2).

References ✧ LotRI; PMI; S/261; SA/andúnë; SI; UT/167; UTI

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Elements

andúnë “sunset, evening, (orig.) going down; west” ✧ SA/andúnë
-ië¹ “abstract noun, adverb”

ᴹQ. Andúnie loc. “Sunset(land)”

See Q. Andúnië for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/NDŪ; LR/14, 25; LRI/Andúnië; SD/333, 344; SDI2/Andúnië

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Elements

andúne “sunset” ✧ Ety/NDŪ (andūne)
-ie¹ “abstract noun”