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3.24  Taurost

§ Taurost ’High City’ (WR:260) < N. taur ’vast, mighty, overwhelming, awful – also high, sublime’ (TUR-) + N. ost ’city, town with wall around’ (OS-)

In The Lord of the Rings Minas Tirith is called the ’High City’, but judging from the context (Gandalf and Pippin enter Minas Tirith, ride up to the 6th court, dismount and pass into the High City), this name seems to refer here just to the highest part of the city containing the citadel.


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