Calmindon was a massive lighthouse built upon Tol Uinen in Númenor's Bay of Rómenna.
History[]
Calmindon was built by the future King Tar-Aldarion who was then head of the Guild of Venturers in order to warn ships entering the bay.[1] It collapsed and sank into the Sea along with Tol Uinen when Númenor was destroyed.[2][3]
Etymology[]
Calmindon was a Quenya name meaning 'Shining-tower' or 'Light-tower'.[4]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ጫልሚንዶን |
| Arabic | چالميندون |
| Assamese | কালমিণ্ডন |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Калміндон |
| Bengali | কালমিন্ডন |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Калминдон |
| Danish | Calmindon (fyrtårn) |
| Georgian | კალმინდონი |
| Greek | Καλμινδον |
| Gujarati | કાલમિંડન |
| Hebrew | קאלמינדון |
| Hindi | चालमिन्टन |
| Kannada | ಕ್ಯಾಲ್ಮಿಂಡನ್ |
| Kazakh | Калміндон (Cyrillic) Kalmindon (Latin) |
| Konkani | काल्मिंडन |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Калминдон |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Калминдон |
| Marathi | कॅल्मिंडन |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Калминдон |
| Pashto | چالمیندون |
| Persian | کالمیندون |
| Punjabi | ਕਾਲਮਿੰਡਨ |
| Russian | Калминдон |
| Sanskrit | चल्मिन्दोन् |
| Serbian | Калминдон (Cyrillic) Kalmindon (Latin) |
| Sindhi | ڪلمنڊون |
| Sinhalese | කල්මින්ඩන් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Калминдон |
| Tamil | கல்மிண்டன் |
| Tatar | Калминдон |
| Telugu | కల్మిండన్ |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Калміндон |
| Urdu | کالمنڈن |
| Uzbek | Калминдон (Cyrillic) Kalmindon (Latin) |
| Yiddish | קאַלמינדאָן |
References[]
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Two: The Second Age, II: "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Third Age, "Introduction"
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Index