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Dates
Location
North of Beleriand, within the Encircling Mountains
Origins
Built by Turgon
Race
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Culture
Pronunciation
Gondolin is pronounced 'go'ndolin'
Meaning
Gondolin means 'The Hidden Rock'
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Seven Names of GondolinThe names of Turgon's Hidden Realm"The seven-naméd city 'tis that stands upon the hill,
Where all who strive with Morgoth find hope and valour still." The History of Middle-earth volume III
The Lays of Beleriand II Poems Early Abandoned The Lay of the Fall of Gondolin The Hidden City of Turgon among the Encircling Mountains is known in almost all tales and records as Gondolin, translated as 'the Hidden Rock'. However, there were ancient traditions that the city had seven names, and (apart from Gondolin itself) those names were Gar Thurion, Gondobar, Gondothlimbar, Gwarestrin, Loth and Lothengriol. These are the Sindarin forms of the Seven Names; for Gondolin at least we have a Quenya version, which was actually the original form: Ondolindë. If there were Quenya equivalents of the other six names, however, they are not recorded.
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