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'''''laurë''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "gold (or light and colour, not metal)",<ref name="silmap">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names", entry ''laurë''</ref> "light of the golden Tree ''Laurelin'', gold",<ref name="etym">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', "[[The Etymologies]]", entry ''LÁWAR-''</ref> or just simply "golden light".<ref name="letters">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Humphrey Carpenter]] (ed.) and [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'', [[Letter 230]] ([[June 8]] [[1961]])</ref>
'''''laurë''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "gold (of light and colour, not metal)",<ref name="silmap">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names", entry ''laurë''</ref> "light of the golden Tree ''Laurelin'', gold",<ref name="etym">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', "[[The Etymologies]]", entry ''LÁWAR-''</ref> or just simply "golden light".<ref name="letters">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Humphrey Carpenter]] (ed.) and [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'', [[Letter 230]] ([[June 8]] [[1961]])</ref>


== Examples ==
== Examples ==

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laurë is a Quenya word meaning "gold (of light and colour, not metal)",[1] "light of the golden Tree Laurelin, gold",[2] or just simply "golden light".[3]

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