elvish placenames: water (2)

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Common elements:

Celon ~ river
Duin ~ (long and large) river
Nen ~ water

Baranduin:
Baran meaning golden-brown and duin meaning river.  More commonly known as the Brandywine river.

Celondim:
Celon meaning river and dîm meaning sadness.  Possibly River of Sadness.

Falathlorn:
Falath meaning beach or wave-beaten shore and lorn meaning quiet water, anchorage or harbour.  Shore of the Quiet Water perhaps.

Nen Harn:
Nen meaning water and harn (from sarn) meaning stone.  I’d guess Stone Lake.

Nenuial:
Nen meaning water and uial meaning twilight.  More commonly known as Lake Evendim.

(Translations are from the Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin, The Silmarillion, J.R. R. Tolkien and  Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary.  I am not an expert at all – if you see any mistakes please let me know!)

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