Rammas Echor

The Rammas Echor, also known as the Wall of the Pelennor or the Rammas, was a great ancient wall surrounding Minas Tirith and enclosing the Pelennor Fields. The northern gate on the Great West Road was called Forannest.
==History and description==
The Rammas Echor functioned as Minas Tirith's second line of defense, the first being the Anduin. First built after the fall of Minas Ithil, the wall was repaired prior to the War of the Ring by Denethor II, the work being completed only a few days before the Witch-king of Angmar attacked.
The Rammas followed an almost elliptical course, being further from Minas Tirith in some places than others. It was furthest from the city at the point where the highway to Osgiliath entered, and was strengthened there by the Causeway Forts. Gandalf and Peregrin Took passed through Forannest before the Siege of Gondor, the gate being under the command of Ingold.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book V, chapter I: "Minas Tirith"
When the Witch-king's forces attacked, the Rammas was soon breached in many places, and its defenders, too few to hold such a long fortification, were killed or fled back to the city. After overrunning the Pelennor Fields, the Witch-king's soldiers failed to guard the Rammas against any allies of Gondor who might arrive, and so the Rohirrim were able to enter the Pelennor Fields without significant opposition.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book V, chapter V: "The Ride of the Rohirrim"
==Etymology==
Rammas Echor is Sindarin for "great wall of the outer circle"
==In adaptations==
The video game The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King depicts a gate of a wall in the level "The Southern Gate".
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ራምስ ዐክሆር
Arabic 	راماس ايسور
Armenian 	Րամմաս Էխոր
Assamese 	ৰামমাছ ইকোৰ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Раммас Экор
Bengali 	রামমাস একর
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Рамас Ехор
Danish 	Rammas Echor (Den Store Ringmur)
Georgian 	რამას ეხორი
Greek 	Ραμμας Έκορ
Gujarati 	રામમાસ ઇકોર
Hebrew 	ראמאס אכור
Hindi 	राममास एकोर
Japanese 	ラマ エコー
Kannada 	ರಾಮಾಸ್ ಎಕೋರ್
Kazakh 	Раммас Екор (Cyrillic) Rammas Ekor (Latin)
Korean 	램머 에코
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Раммас Экор
Macedonian Cyrillic	Раммас Ехор
Malayalam 	റമ്മസ് എക്കോർ
Marathi 	रॅमास एकोर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Раммас Экор
Nepalese 	रम्मास ईकोर
Punjabi 	ਰਾਮਮਾਸ ਏਕੋਰ
Russian 	Раммас Эхор
Sinhalese 	රම්මාස් එකෝර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Раммас Экор
Tamil 	ராம்மாஸ் எக்கோர்
Tatar 	Раммас Эчор
Telugu 	రామ్మస్ ఎకోర్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Раммас-Ехор
Urdu 	رامماس ایچاور
Yiddish 	ראַממאַס עקהאָר
==References==
Category:Gondor
Category:Minas Tirith
Category:Sindarin names & words
Category:Walls
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