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WORLD OF ARALLYN:
PLACE NAMES

Dwarvish Place Names

Bured Zakh - Foul Tunnels

Bured - tunnels

Zakh - foul / putrid

Qxarashed Vail - Faircaves

Qxared - caverns + ash - augmentative infix

vail - fair/beautiful

Dikhalezh - Wilderness | dikh - wild + al - place + ezh - collective noun suffix

Kheled Mor - Granddelf

kheled - delves

mor - big/great/grand

Kheled Tarmorashum - Grandmountainroot Delf

kheled - delves

tar - stone + mor - great/big + ash - augmentative suffix + um - under

Khelsharet - Kingsdelf | khelet - a delve + shar - royal (infix)

Khoshgoralezh - Land of Evil Spirit | khosh - spirit + gor - evil + al - place of + ezh - collective noun suffix
Sanelezh - Greenplains | San - green + el - place + ezh - collective noun ending

Tsilmorezh - Greatwood (Calannyn forest) | tsil - plant/tree + mor - big/tall + ezh - collective noun suffix

Huemish Place Names

Beorwaith - Beor's land - named after Beor,  a prominent heroic ancestor of the hüma

Bythia - ancient legendary place name of unknown meaning or language origin

Dwaiturma - Twintowers | dwä- two + turma - towers (final A is the masculine plural suffix)

Furdh Norden - Northford | furdh - ford + Norden - of the North

Grunrig - Greendom | grun - green + rig - realm

Nordhaim - Northhome | Nord - north + hæm - home

Sigengurd - Safekeep | Sigen - safe + gurd - keep / fortress

Vestenbarg - Weston | vest - west + barg - walled city

Elvish Place Names

Arallyn - aral - ground + lyn - land

Calannyn - Greatwood | cal - big/tall + lan - tree + lyn - land (L assimilates to previous N, doubling it.)

Dollannyn - Shadowwood | dol - shadow + lan - tree + lyn - land (L assimilates to previous N, doubling it.)

Gulvrynnyn - Land of Evil Magic | gul - evil + vryn - magic + lyn - land (L assimilates to previous N, doubling it.)

Pelorrys - City of Joy | pelor - joy + rys - town / city

Syldarryn - Land of New Wisdom | syl - new + dar - wise + lyn - land (L assimilates to previous R, doubling it.)

Syrryon - Swiftflow | syr - swift + ryon - river

Triallys - City of Music | Trial - music + rys - town / city (R assimiates to previous L, doubling it)

Varmellyn - Greenmead | var - green + mel - mead or meadow + lyn - land

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