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Soronúmë was one of the constellations of stars set in the heavens of Arda by Varda.

Soronúmë was created by Varda from the ancient stars in preparation for the Awakening of the Elves, and as with Anarríma, Wilwarin, Telumendil, Menelmacar, and Valacirca, she set them in the heavens as signs to come.[1]

Etymology[]

Soronúmë means "Eagle-west" in Quenya, from soron ("eagle") and númë ("West").[2][3]

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Arabic سورونومي
Bengali সোরোনামে
Chinese 索洛努姆
Greek Σορονούμέ
Gujarati સોરોન્યુમ
Hebrew סורונומה
Hindi सोरनुमाई
Kannada ಸೊರೊನ್ಯೂಮ್
Macedonian Cyrillic Соронуме
Russian Соронумэ
Sinhalese සෝරෝනූම්
Tamil ஸோரோனுமே
Telugu సోరోనుమీ
Ukrainian Cyrillic Соронуме
Constellation of Stars


References[]

  1. The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter III: "Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
  2. The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names
  3. The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"
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