Letter to Madam Ossendrijver (5 January 1961)

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Ossendrijver 5 January 1961 is a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Madam Ossendrijver, written on 5 January 1961.[1]

Excerpt

"Númenor, shortened form of Númenórë, is my own invention, compounded from nūme-n "going down" (√ndū, nū), sunset, West, and nōre "land, country" = Westernesse"[2]

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