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Originally Posted by Faramir Jones
It also acknowledges the origin of the estate's name:
Cormallen Hill Residential Estate is believed to derive its name from the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings. In the elves language of Sindarin most commonly spoken in Middle-earth, Cormallen is believed to have the meaning of "golden circle" from cor meaning "round, circular enclosure" and mallen meaning "of gold”.
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I salute their honesty in stating that, and in going into detail about the linguistics.
There is an affluent-ish area of Oklahoma City that is named Rivendell, with appropriately (ish) themed street names.
It doesn't
look too Rivendelly to my taste, though.
Of course, I guess that is better than the Erebor or Khazad-dum subdivisions where I would expect all the houses to look like small mountains...