What is the worst name in Tolkien’s legendarium (meaning and look)?
Last Updated: 22.06.2025 02:58
Túna for the name of hill is perfectly good. In Swedish, it means “fenced homestead”, such as Eskilstuna, Sollentuna, Vallentuna etc.
Mount Doom. He really should have used more imagination with that.
On defence of poor Celeborn, his Sindarin name is Celeb-Orn (“silvery tall-one”), which becomes Telep-Orno in Quenya, not Tele-Porno. Compare Celebrimbor > Tyelperinquar.
Rory McIlroy had three words for USGA official when asked to speak with media at US Open - Golfmagic