Túrin II

Túrin II was the twenty-third Ruling Steward of Gondor.
== Biography ==
Born in TA 2815, Túrin II was the son of Thorondir, who died in TA 2882. Túrin then succeeded him as the twenty-third Ruling Steward.
In TA 2885 Túrin fought the Haradrim at the Battle of the Crossings of Poros in South Ithilien with the aid of a contingent of Rohirrim led by Prince Folcred and Prince Fastred the twin sons of King Folcwine. The Haradrim were defeated but, in the course of the battle both Princes Folcred and Fastred were slain. After the victory Túrin paid King Folcwine a great weregild of gold.
In TA 2901 Ithilien was attacked again by Mordor and many of the inhabitants withdrew west over the Anduin with only the hardiest of individuals remaining. Ithilien became a wilderness infested by Orcs from Mordor. In response Túrin built a number of hidden fortresses, including Henneth Annûn, as bases for the Rangers of Ithilien. The Steward also fortified the isle of Cair Andros.
Túrin died in TA 2914 at the age of ninety-nine after a rule of thirty-two years and was succeeded by his son Turgon.
== Etymology ==
Túrin comes from the Sindarin word tur ("power, mastery").The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin namesParma Eldalamberon, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien He might have been named after the tragic hero of the First Age, Túrin Turambar.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	II ቶሪኖ
Arabic 	حورين الثاني
Armenian 	Տուրին II
Belarusian Cyrillic	Туры́н II
Bengali 	দ্বিতীয় তুরিন
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Турин II
Chinese 	圖林二世
Georgian 	ტურინ II
Greek 	Τυριν Β'
Gujarati 	પ્રથમ ટુરિન
Hebrew 	טורין השני
Hindi 	टोरीनो दुसरा
Japanese 	トゥーリン2世
Kannada 	ಎರಡನೇ ಟುರಿನ್
Kazakh 	II Торін (Cyrillic) II Torin (Latin)
Korean 	투린 2세
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Турин II
Macedonian Cyrillic	Турин II
Maori 	Túrin te Tuarua
Marathi 	दुसरा दुसरा
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Турин II
Nepalese 	दोस्रो टुरिन
Pashto 	طورین ۲
Persian 	تورین دوم
Russian 	Турин II
Serbian 	Торино II (Cyrillic) Torino II (Latin)
Sanskrit 	टोरीनो २
Sinhalese 	දෙවන ටුරින්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Турин II
Tamil 	இரண்டாம் டுரிந்
Telugu 	రెండవ టురిన
Thai 	ทูริน 2 แห่งเ ?
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Турін ІІ
Urdu 	ٹیورن دوم
Uzbek 	Турин II (Cyrillic) Túrin II (Latin)
Yiddish 	טורין דער צווייטער
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