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Gondolin

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Gondolin, quod nomen Gondolinum latinizamus, est urbs ficticia in Legendario Tolkieniano sita et ab Alfis inhabitata. Tolkien urbis nominis originem sic exaplanat in suo Name-list to "The Fall of Gondolin": "Gondolin lingua Gnomish 'saxum carminis' valet (quo Gnomes figurative saxum ad magnam pulchretudinem scalptum et caelatum fuisse sibi voluerunt).".[1][2]

  1. ↑ "Gondolin meaneth in Gnomish 'stone of song' (whereby figuratively the Gnomes meant stone that was craven and wrought to great beauty)"
  2. ↑ Tolkien, J.R.R. The Book of Lost Tales, part II. p. 216.
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