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[[Image:Tengwar Atalantë.gif|left|150px]]'''''atalantë''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "''the downfallen''".
'''''Atalantë''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "the downfallen", from the verb-root ''[[talat-]]''. It was the name given to [[Númenor]] after its [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]].<ref>{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref> [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] called it "''a happy accident''", because it invokes the name ''[[Atlantis]]''.<ref>{{L|257}}</ref>
 
'''Atalantë''' was the Quenya for [[Númenor]] after its [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]].  [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] called it "''a happy accident''", because it invokes the name ''[[Atlantis]]''.


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Atalantë is a Quenya word meaning "the downfallen", from the verb-root talat-. It was the name given to Númenor after its Downfall.[1] Tolkien called it "a happy accident", because it invokes the name Atlantis.[2]

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Akallabêth: The Downfall of Númenor"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 257, (dated 16 July 1964)
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