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Old 12-23-2003, 06:46 AM   #4
Findegil
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The places of London in England and Lindon in Middle-Earth have nothing in common. But the connection of the names is not totaly out of possibility:
The first element in Lindon does indeed refer to the Lindai 'the singers' the elves of the third clan. The name Lindai was from its begining connected to water as well. It refered to the sound of water running fast over stones which is said to have been an insipration of the Lindai. So if the first element of London is drived from 'lyn' celtic for 'pool' we could even argue that this connection was intetional on Tolkiens side (not for London but for the celtic word 'lyn'), since he made more than one such linguistical-connection.

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