Sindarin taras place name. Taras A mountain on the coast of Nevrast (S/119), its meaning is unclear, but it might be an appearance of taras “mount” (PE22/126).Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name was also N. Taras (LR/260). taras-ness place name. headland below Taras The headlands below mount Taras (UT/28), a combination of the mountains’s name with ness “headland”.
A mountain on the coast of Nevrast (S/119), its meaning is unclear, but it might be an appearance of taras “mount” (PE22/126).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name was also N. Taras (LR/260).