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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.

Andunie, David Greset

Andúnië, by David Greset

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]

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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. 1.0 1.1 The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, "Númenor"
  2. The Silmarillion, Akallabêth (The Downfall of Númenor)
  3. The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names
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