Qenya
ilmen
place name. Place of Light
ilmen-assa
place name. Chasm of Ilmen
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In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, the gap beside the world through which the Sun and Moon traveled when they were not visible in the sky (SM/237, 240), also appearing in The Etymologies as compound of Ilmen and assa “hole” (Ety/GAS).