Andúnië

Andúnië was an important port city on the western coast of Númenor, located on the Bay of Andúnië in the Andustar region.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, "Númenor" It was one of Númenor's chief cities before the coming of the Shadow.
== History ==
Andúnië was the home of the Lords of Andúnië descended from Valandil, the well-known and well-respected nobles of Númenor. The port city was where the Númenóreans received their Elven friends from Tol Eressëa bearing gifts of enrichment, in the time before the shadow fell over Númenor. During the time after the King Tar-Ancalimon, Andúnië became a haven of the Elf-friends (also known as The Faithful) who advocated a continued friendship with the Elves and obedience to the Valar.
As the mistrust of the Faithful and the Valar grew, the residents of Andúnië would receive the Elves as guests only in secret. With the Shadow falling further upon Númenor and its people, and the creation of a Númenórean empire in Middle-earth, Rómenna became much larger and more important than Andúnie. By the latter-half of the Second Age, many of the Faithful from Andúnië were so mistrusted by the King's Men that they were forcibly removed from the city, and made to live in Rómenna.
Amandil, the last of the Lords of Andunie, through his surviving elder son Elendil became the ancestor of the Kings of the Dúnedain who settled in Middle-earth. The city was destroyed along with Númenor.The Silmarillion, Akallabêth (The Downfall of Númenor)
==Etymology==
Andúnië was a Quenya name that meant 'Sunset'.The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names
== Gallery ==
Karen Wynn Fonstad - Númenor.gif|A map of Númenor with Andúnië shown on the western coast
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	አንዱኒዬ
Arabic 	اندوني
Armenian 	Անդունինե
Assamese 	আন্দুনিয়া
Belarusian Cyrillic	Андуниэ
Bengali 	আনদুনিয়ে
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Андуние
Chinese 	安督奈伊
Danish 	Andúnië ("Solnedgangsbyen")
Dogri 	एंडुनीए
Georgian 	ანდუნიე
Greek 	Ανδονιε
Gujarati 	એન્ડુનિયા
Hebrew 	אנדונייה
Hindi 	एंडुनी
Japanese 	アンドゥーニエ
Kannada 	ಅಂದೂನಿ
Kazakh 	Андұніе (Cyrillic) Andunie (Latin)
Korean 	안두니에
Macedonian Cyrillic	Андуние
Malayalam 	ആൻഡൂനിയ
Marathi 	अँडुनिया
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Андуниё
Nepalese 	अन्दुनिया
Persian 	آندونیه
Punjabi 	ਐਂਡੂਨੀ
Russian 	Андуниэ
Serbian 	Андуние (Cyrillic) Andunie (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ආඳුනිඑ
Tajik Cyrillic 	Андуние
Tamil 	ஆந்துநிஎ
Telugu 	అందునియా
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Андуніе
Urdu 	اندنی
Yiddish 	ײַנדוניע
==References==
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Category:Quenya names & words
Category:Cities of Númenor
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Category:Harbours and ports
Category:Númenórean settlements