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Raised during the Years of the Trees;1
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Made by the Eldar as a place to construct their city of Tirion
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The city of Tirion was built on this hill
Pronunciation
too'na
Meaning
'Hill'

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Túna

The hill on which Tirion stood

Map of Túna

The hill in Aman where the Vanyar and the Noldor founded their fair city of Tirion.


Notes

1

According to the Annals of Aman in volume X of The History of Middle-earth, the hill of Túna was raised in the Valian Year 1133 (some 3,469 years before the Darkening of Valinor).

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