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Dates Founded long before the Return of the Noldor to Middle-earth; destroyed in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age Location South of Mount Dolmed, in the central regions of Ered Luin Race Dwarves Division Not certainly known1 Pronunciation toomoo'nzaharr (where 'rr' indicates that the final 'r' sound should be distinctly pronounced) Meaning Uncertain2 Other names The Hollowbold, Nogrod Indexes: Alphabetical: T Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 29 October 2020 Updates planned: 1 A Dwarf-city of the Blue Mountains Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV The Dwarvish name for Nogrod, the citadel of the Dwarves that lay in the Blue Mountains to the south of Mount Dolmed. Notes 1 The essay Of Dwarves and Men in volume XI of The History of Middle-earth suggests that Tumunzahar was occupied by either the Firebeard or the Broadbeam clan. Based purely on the word order used in that source, the Dwarves of Tumunzahar appear to have been Firebeards. 2 Tumunzahar was the name of this city in the Khuzdul language of the Dwarves. That language is little known, but we do have versions of the same name in other tongues: Elvish Nogrod and Mannish Hollowbold. Nogrod simply means 'Dwarf-dwelling' or 'Dwarf-halls', and does not appear to be a direct translation of the Dwarvish name (not least because Tumunzahar lacks the element khazad, 'Dwarf'). The alternative Hollowbold is a more realistic possibility. It comes from old words meaning a 'carved dwelling', and so this is a plausible (though far from definitive) interpretation of the Dwarvish name Tumunzahar. See also... Dwarves, Dwarves of the Blue Mountains, Hollowbold Indexes: Alphabetical: T Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 29 October 2020 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2015, 2020. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Review your candidates' DISC profiles from anywhere with Discus' cloud-based database.

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Dates Founded long before the Return of the Noldor to Middle-earth; destroyed in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age Location South of Mount Dolmed, in the central regions of Ered Luin Race Dwarves Division Not certainly known1 Pronunciation toomoo'nzaharr (where 'rr' indicates that the final 'r' sound should be distinctly pronounced) Meaning Uncertain2 Other names The Hollowbold, Nogrod Indexes: Alphabetical: T Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 29 October 2020 Updates planned: 1 A Dwarf-city of the Blue Mountains

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Map of Tumunzahar

The Dwarvish name for Nogrod, the citadel of the Dwarves that lay in the Blue Mountains to the south of Mount Dolmed. Notes 1 The essay Of Dwarves and Men in volume XI of The History of Middle-earth suggests that Tumunzahar was occupied by either the Firebeard or the Broadbeam clan. Based purely on the word order used in that source, the Dwarves of Tumunzahar appear to have been Firebeards. 2 Tumunzahar was the name of this city in the Khuzdul language of the Dwarves. That language is little known, but we do have versions of the same name in other tongues: Elvish Nogrod and Mannish Hollowbold. Nogrod simply means 'Dwarf-dwelling' or 'Dwarf-halls', and does not appear to be a direct translation of the Dwarvish name (not least because Tumunzahar lacks the element khazad, 'Dwarf'). The alternative Hollowbold is a more realistic possibility. It comes from old words meaning a 'carved dwelling', and so this is a plausible (though far from definitive) interpretation of the Dwarvish name Tumunzahar. See also... Dwarves, Dwarves of the Blue Mountains, Hollowbold Indexes: Alphabetical: T Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 29 October 2020 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2015, 2020. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Review your candidates' DISC profiles from anywhere with Discus' cloud-based database.