S. Imloth Melui loc. “Lovely or Sweet Flower-valley”
A rose-filled valley in Gondor (LotR/866) translated “Lovely Flowery Vale” (RC/582) or “Sweet Flower-valley” (VT42/18), a combination of †im³ “valley” and loth “flower” (VT42/18) with otherwise unattested melui “lovely”.
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name was already N. Imloth Melui.
References ✧ LotRI/Imloth Melui; RC/582; VT42/18
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| †im³ | “valley” | ✧ VT42/18 |
| loth | “flower, single blossom; inflorescence, head of small flowers” | ✧ VT42/18 |
| melui | “lovely, sweet” | ✧ RC/582; VT42/18 |