ithilien

place name. Land of the Moon

Region of Gondor containing Minas Ithil (LotR/1115) translated “Land of the Moon” (RC/233). This name is a combination of Ithil “moon” and the plural form of the suffix -ian(d) “land” (SA/sil, PE17/42).

Conceptual Development: This name was already N. Ithilien when it first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/318, WR/133).

Elements

Word	Gloss
Ithil	“Moon”
-ian(d)	“-land, country”

Ithilien

noun. moon land

Ithil (“moon”) + end (commonly used suffix in the names of regions and countries)

Ithilien

Ithilien

Ithilien is a Sindarin name meaning "land of the moon". It has been suggested that the name consists of the elements Ithil ("moon") + the affix end.