cair (“ship”), and (“long”) + ros (“foam, rain”) Nd doesn’t become nn before r; the original form of ros would probably be ross, with the final s dropped at the end of a polysyllable [HKF].
Sindarin
cair andros
place name. Ship of Long Foam
Elements
Word Gloss cair “ship” and “long” ross “rain; spindrift, spray, foam, rain; spray, spindrift, foam” Variations
- Andros ✧ LotR/1115; LotRI/Cair Andros
Cair Andros
noun. ship of long foam
Cair Andros
Cair Andros
The Sindarin name Cair Andros translates to "Ship of Long Foam". Cair means "ship", and means "long", and ros means (in this context at least) "foam".
Cair Andros
Ship of Long Foam
An island in the river Anduin (LotR/812), translated “Ship of Long Foam” (PM/371), sometimes appearing as just Andros “Long Foam (LotR/1115). This name is a combination of cair “ship”, and “long” and ross “foam, spray” (SA/an(d), ros).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this island was first named N. Tol Varad “Defended Isle”, soon revised to Men Falros “✱Place of Splashing Foam” (WR/326). Later in the drafts it was changed to N. Cairros “✱Ship Foam” then Andros before Tolkien settled on its full form N. Cair Andros (WR/340 note #15).