Sirannon

noun. gate-stream

sîr (“river”) + annon (“great door or gate”)

Sirannon

noun. gate river

sîr (“river”) + annon (“great door, gate”)

sirannon

proper name. Gate-stream

The stream flowing past the doors of Moria translated “Gate-stream” (LotR/300), a combination of sîr “river” and annon “gate” (SA/sîr, annon).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name was already as N. Sirannon (RS/445).

Elements

Word	Gloss
sîr	“river, stream”
annon	“(great) gate, door”