Henneth Annûn

Henneth Annûn

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Henneth Annûn

noun. window of sunset

henneth (“window”) + annûn (“west, sunset”)

henneth annûn

place name. Window of the Sunset

The falls where the men of Faramir camped, translated “Window of the Sunset” (LotR/0674), a combination of henneth “window” and annûn “sunset” (RC/473).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, Tolkien considered a large number of names before settling on N. Henneth Annûn (WR/164).

Elements

Word	Gloss
henneth	“window”
annûn	“sunset, west; (lit.) going down”