Sirannon was a river in Eriador.
According to the The Atlas of Middle-earth, the river was about one-hundred miles in length.[1] In the late Third Age, it flowed near a knoll by the High or Hollin Road into a pool close to the Doors of Durin.[2]
History
The Sirannon once flowed from an underground source near the West side of Moria and running along the road that once led to Ost-in-Edhil, it was dammed at an unknown date in the last thousand years of the Third Age, closing off the Doors of Durin from neighboring lands. The foul pool created by the damming of the stream was where the Watcher in the Water lived.
After the War of the Ring and the resettling of Moria by the Dwarves, the stream and the foul pool it ran through was probably cleaned and freed up to flow naturally to its original destination.
Etymology
Sirannon is a Sindarin word for 'stream-gate'.[3]
Translations around the world
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
|---|---|
| Amharic | ጺራንኖን ? |
| Arabic | سيرانون |
| Armenian | Սիրաննոն |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Сіраннон |
| Bengali | ষিরান্নন |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Сираннон |
| Dari | صیراننون |
| Georgian | სირანონი |
| Greek | Σιραννον |
| Gujarati | ષિરન્નોન |
| Hebrew | ציראננונ ? |
| Hindi | षिरन्नोन |
| Kannada | ಷಿರನ್ನೊನ್ |
| Kazakh Cyrillic | Сіраннон |
| Kurdish | سیراننۆن (Arabic script) Sîraninon (Latin) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Сираннон |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Сираннон |
| Marathi | षिरन्नोन |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Сираннон |
| Nepalese | षिरन्नोन |
| Pashto | صیراڼون ? |
| Persian | صیراننون |
| Punjabi | ਸ਼ਇਰਨ੍ਨੋਨ |
| Russian | Сираннон |
| Sanskrit | षिरन्नोन् |
| Serbian | Сираннон (Cyrillic) Sirannon (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ෂිරන්නොන් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Сираннон |
| Tamil | ஷிரணொந் |
| Telugu | షిరన్నొన |
| Tigrinya | ጺራንኖን ? |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Сіраннон |
| Urdu | سارانناون |
| Uyghur | سىراننون |
| Uzbek | Сираннон (Cyrillic) Sirannon (Latin) |
| Yiddish | סיראַננאָן |
| Nunduinë • Siril | |
| Glanduin • Gwathló • Hoarwell • Lune • Sirannon • Withywindle | |
| Anduin • Celebrant • Forest River • Gladden • Greylin • Langwell • Limlight • Nimrodel • Redwater • River Running | |
| Anduin • Ciril • Erui • Gilrain • Harnen • Lefnui • Mering Stream • Morgulduin • Poros • Ringló • Serni | |
| Adorn • Entwash • Isen • Mering Stream • Snowbourn | |
| Brandywine River • Shire-water • Shirebourn | |
| Adurant • Ascar • Brilthor • Duilwen • Gelion • Legolin • Little Gelion • Thalos | |
| Aros • Dry River • Esgalduin • Mindeb • Narog • Rivil • Taeglin | |
| Brithon • Celebros • Celon • Malduin • Nenning • Ringwil • Sirion | |
References
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "The Misty Mountains"
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "Moria"
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Middle-earth