S. Orodruin loc. “Mountain of Fire”
A name of Mount Doon translated “Fire-mountain” (LotR/61) or “Mountain of Fire” (LotR/899). This name is a combination of orod “mountain” (Ety/ÓROT) and ruin “red flame” (SA/orod, ruin).
Conceptual Development: When it first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name was already N. Orodruin “Fire-Mountain” (TI/28), though Tolkien did consider the form Orodnaur (TI/39).
References ✧ LotR/61, 899, 1134; LotRI/Mount Doom, Orodruin; PMI; RC/769; SA/orod, ruin; SI/Mountain of Fire, Orodruin; UTI
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| orod | “mountain” | ✧ SA/orod |
| ruin | “red flame; fiery red” | ✧ SA/ruin |
N. Orodruin loc. “Mountain of Fire”
References ✧ SDI1/Orodruin; TI/28, 39, 247; TII; WRI
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| orod | “mountain” | ✧ TI/28 (#orod) | |
| rhuin | “fire” | soft-mutation | ✧ TI/28 (#ruin) |