Q. Andúnië loc. “Sunset”
A city in western Númenor, “so called because it faced the sunset” (S/261). It is andúnë “sunset” with the abstract-noun suffix -ië¹.
Conceptual Development: The name ᴹQ. Andúnie appeared in the earliest tales of Númenor, first as a name for Númenor itself (LR/14), but soon changing to the name of a major city of that land (LR/25). At one point Tolkien considered changing this name to ᴹQ. Undúnië, but he soon rejected the idea (SD/333, SD/340 note #2).
References ✧ LotRI; PMI; S/261; SA/andúnë; SI; UT/167; UTI
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| andúnë | “sunset, evening, (orig.) going down; west” | ✧ SA/andúnë |
| -ië¹ | “abstract noun, adverb” |
ᴹQ. Andúnie loc. “Sunset(land)”
References ✧ Ety/NDŪ; LR/14, 25; LRI/Andúnië; SD/333, 344; SDI2/Andúnië
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| andúne | “sunset” | ✧ Ety/NDŪ (andūne) |
| -ie¹ | “abstract noun” |