S. Cardolan loc. “?Red Hill Land”
The southernmost of the successor-realms of Arnor after it was divided into three kingdoms (LotR/1039). Tolkien did not translate the name, but it is often interpreted as “Red Hill Land”, as suggested by Hammond and Scull (RC/690) or David Salo (GS/371), a combination of caran “red”, dol(l) “hill” and the suffix -(i)an “land”. @@@ Originally suggested by Robert Foster, need ref.
References ✧ LotRI; PMI; SI; UTI
Elements
| caran? | “red” |
| dol(l)? | “head, hill” |
| -ian(d)? | “-land, country” |