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Tauremorna is one of the names of the Fangorn Forest, used by Treebeard in his song In the Willow-meads of Tasarinan I Walked in the Spring. The other names mentioned by Treebeard are Ambaróna and Aldalómë.^[1]

J.R.R. Tolkien notes in his Unfinished Index that tauremorna means "black forest",^[2] likely composed of Quenya taure ("forest") + morna ("dark, black").

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-<b>Tauremorna</b> is one of the names of the [[Fangorn]] Forest, used by [[Treebeard]] in his song <i>[[In the willow-meads of Tasarinan I walked in the Spring]]</i> (LoTR II/3., Ch. 4). The other names mentioned by Treebeard are [[Ambaróna]] and [[Aldalómë]].
+'''Tauremorna''' is one of the names of the [[Fangorn Forest]], used by [[Treebeard]] in his song ''[[In The Willow-meads Of Tasarinan|In the Willow-meads of Tasarinan I Walked in the Spring]]''. The other names mentioned by Treebeard are [[Ambaróna]] and [[Aldalómë]].<ref>{{TT|III4}}</ref>
-J.R.R. Tolkien notes in his Unfinished Index that <i>tauremorna</i> means 'black forest' (quoted in Scull - Hammond, [[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion|Reader's Companion]], p. 385). Cf. the [[Quenya]] words <i>[[taurë]]</i> '(great) wood, forest', and <i>[[morna]]</i> 'dark, black'. See also: [[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien|Letters]], p. 308 ([[Letter 230]]) and pp. 382-383 ([[Letter 297]]).
+[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] notes in his [[Index questions|Unfinished Index]] that ''tauremorna'' means "black forest",<ref>{{HM|UI}}, p. 385</ref> likely composed of [[Quenya]] ''[[taure]]'' ("forest") + ''[[morna]]'' ("dark, black").
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+[[Category:Forests]]
+[[Category:Quenya locations]]
-==Inflection==
+[[de:Fangorn#Andere_Namen]]
-{{qya-decl-a|num=sg2|Tauremorn}}
-[[Category:Forests]]
-[[Category:Quenya nouns]]
-[[de:Fangorn (Wald)#Andere_Namen]]
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