Gondor

Gondor is a fictional location from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.

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Like Arnor to the north, Gondor is a human kingdom founded by Isildur and An?rion, the sons of Elendil, after the Downfall of N?menor. It was located to the south of Rohan and to the west of Mordor, on the Bay of Belfalas. Its name means "Land of Stone", from Sindarin gond (stone) + (n)dor (land), most likely given to it because of the Ered Nimrais and other mountain chains in the land (hypothetical Quenya name Ondon?r?).

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