Andúnië was an important port city on the western coast of Númenor, located on the Bay of Andúnië in the Andustar region.[1] 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.[1][2]
Etymology[]
Andúnië was a Quenya name that meant 'Sunset'.[3]
Gallery[]
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[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, "Númenor"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Akallabêth (The Downfall of Númenor)
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names