minas 'tower' in Annúminas, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith,etc. The same stem. occurs in other words referring to isolated, prominent, things, e.g. Mindolluin, Mindon;probably related is Quenya minya 'first' (cf. Tar-Minyatur, the name of Elros as first King of Númenor).
Search
Author(s)
- J.R.R. Tolkien (author)
- Christopher Tolkien (editor)