Anórien

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Anórien (called Sunlending in Rohanese), , Book V, "The Muster of Rohan", pg. 803 (150th Anniversary One-volume Edition) was a region of Gondor.
== Description & location ==
Established toward the end of the Second Age, Anórien spanned the region northwest of Minas Anor and north of of the White Mountains, and along with Isengard was the only northern part of Gondor not given to the Éothéod to become Rohan in TA 2510.
Anórien formed a narrow strip of land consisting of the valleys of the White Mountains and tall grasslands,, Thematic Maps, "Vegetation" and its borders were the Mering Stream in the west and the Mouths of the Entwash in the north. Its eastern border was the border of Gondor at the Anduin. Its climate was likely of mild winters and warm summers., Thematic Maps, "Climate" The Firien Wood lay at its western edge, and the Drúadan Forest in the southeast.
There were no cities in Anórien, but along the line of the Great West Road that led into Rohan (and thence to Arnor) were built the Warning beacons of Gondor. Cair Andros, on the Anduin river, was a crucial fortress in the defense of Anórien, it's fall in the War of the Ring allowed a host from the Black Gate to penetrate into the province.
== Etymology ==
Anórien is Sindarin for 'Sun-land'. Reference to the Sun was likely in honor of Isildur's brother Anárion (whose name bears Anar, an initial Quenya name for the Sun)., Quenta Silmarillion, Ch. XI: "Of the Sun and Moon", pg. 99 (1977 hardcover)
thumb|275px|The location of Anórien in Middle-earth, marked in red
== See also ==
*Regions of Gondor
== Translations ==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዓኖሪአን
Arabic 	انورين
Armenian 	Անորիեն
Belarusian Cyrillic	Аноріэн
Bengali 	আনরিএন
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Анориен
Chinese 	安諾瑞安
Danish 	Anórien ("Sol-landet")
Georgian 	ანორიენ
Greek 	Ανοριεν
Gujarati 	એન્નોરીયન
Hebrew 	אנוריאנית
Hindi 	आनोरिअन
Japanese 	アノリアン
Kannada 	ಅನೋರಿನ್
Kazakh 	Анориан (Cyrillic) Anorïan (Latin)
Korean 	아 노리 엔
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Анориэн
Macedonian Cyrillic	Анориен
Marathi 	अनोरिअन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Анориэн
Nepalese 	आनोरिएन
Pashto 	آنوریېن
Persian 	انوریهن
Punjabi 	ਅਨੋਰੀਅਨ
Russian 	Анориэн
Sanskrit 	आनोरिएन्
Serbian 	Анориен (Cyrillic) Anorien (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ඇනොරියන්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Анориан
Tamil 	ஆநொரிஎந்
Telugu 	ఆనొరిఎన
Thai 	อโนริเอน
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Анорієн
Urdu 	انوریان
Uzbek 	Анориен (Cyrillic) Anorien (Latin)
Yiddish 	ײַנאָריען
== References ==
Category:Númenórean settlements
Category:Regions of Gondor
Category:Sindarin names & words
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