A river of Númenor, the second longest after the Siril. It flowed westward out of the central regions of the island, and as it approached the sea, its waters spread to form the fragrant lake of Nísinen. Its mouth was at the haven of Eldalondë, on the shores of the Bay of Eldanna.
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The -duinë element of this name is definitely 'river', but the initial nun- is less clear. There are rare attested cases in Quenya of nun- being a derivative of numen, 'west', and as the river ran westward through Númenor, an interpretation of something like 'western river' seems appropriate. The Elvish word for 'west' ultimately derived from 'down' (that is, it was the direction of the sunset) so an alternative interpretation might be 'sunset river', though even in this case the association with the west remains relevant.
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