Armenelos

Armenelos, by Ralph Damiani

Armenelos, also known as Armenelos the Golden and City of the Kings, was the capital and eventual largest city of Númenor.

History

It was founded in the early Second Age, when the Edain first migrated to the island. It was situated in the east-central part of Númenor in the district of Arandor (the Kingsland), close to the mountain of Meneltarma and Rómenna.

Armenelos was the site of the royal palace, the King's House, reportedly built with the help of the Maiar who ministered and taught the Edain before the official founding of Númenor. Its completion, together with the coronation of Elros Tar-Minyatur as first King of Númenor in SA 32, marked the beginning of the Númenórean realm.

The location of Armenelos on a map of Númenor

In SA 3319, Armenelos was destroyed with the rest of Númenor in the Fall of Númenor and reshaping of Arda.

Etymology

Armenelos is a Quenya name, meaning 'Royal Fortress of the Heavens' or 'Royal-heaven-fortress'.

Armenelos as depicted in The Rings of Power

In adaptations

In The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season One, Armenelos appears first in the third episode. It is portrayed as a vast city centered near the source of the river Siril.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Arabic	أرمنيلوس
Armenian	Արմենելոս
Belarusian Cyrillic	Арменелас
Bengali	ৰমেনেলাস
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Арменелос
Chinese	雅米涅洛斯
Danish	Armenelos ("Kongens Himmelborg")
Georgian	არმენელოსი
Greek	Ἀρμένελοσ
Gujarati	આર્મેનેલોસ
Hebrew	ארמנלוס
Hindi	अर्म्ऐन्ऐलोस
Japanese	アルメネロス
Kannada	ಅರ್ಮೆನೆಲೋಸ್
Kazakh	Арменелос (Cyrillic) Armenelos (Latin)
Korean	아르마네로스
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Армэнэлос
Macedonian Cyrillic	Арменелос
Marathi	आर्मेनेलोस
Mongolian Cyrillic	Армэнэлос
Nepalese	आर्मेनेलोस
Persian	آرمنه‌لوس
Punjabi	ਅਰਮੇਨੇਲੋਸ
Russian	Арменелос
Serbian	Арменелос (Cyrillic) Armenelos (Latin)
Sinhalese	ආමේනෙලොස්
Tajik Cyrillic	Арменелос
Tamil	அர்மேனிலொஸ்
Telugu	ఆర్మీనేలోస్
Thai	อาร์เมเนลอส
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Арменелос
Urdu	ارمینیلاوس
Yiddish	אַרמענעלאָס