Túna

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Túna is a prominent hill in the Undying Lands of Tolkien’s legendarium, upon which the Elven city of Tirion was built.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Túna canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional hill
geographical feature in Arda
location in Tolkien legendarium
associatedWith Noldor
linked to: the Noldor

Tirion upon Túna
linked to: Tirion

Vanyar
linked to: the Vanyar
belongsTo Eldamar
category Aman locations
Hills in Arda
connectedTo Taniquetil
createdBy J. R. R. Tolkien
describedAs green hill
solitary hill
steep-sided hill
firstPublishedIn The Silmarillion (1977)
linked to: The Silmarillion
governedBy High King of the Noldor (in Aman)
hasCity Tirion
hasFeature walls and towers of Tirion
linked to: Tirion

white city of the Elves
hasOnIt Tirion
hasViewOf Bay of Eldamar
linked to: the Bay of Eldamar

Sea of Belegaer
linked to: the Bay of Eldamar
inhabitedBy Elves
Noldor (via Tirion)
linked to: the Noldor

Vanyar (via Tirion)
linked to: the Vanyar
languageOfName Quenya
litBy Two Trees of Valinor
locatedIn Aman
Calacirya
linked to: the Calacirya

Undying Lands
Valinor
mentionedIn The History of Middle-earth
The Silmarillion
nameMeaning hill
mound
near Calacirya
linked to: the Calacirya

Eldamar
notableFor being chief dwelling-place of the Noldor in Aman
being site of Tirion
overlookedBy Pelóri
partOf Arda
regionType elevated city-site
terrainType hill
timePeriod First Age (in early parts)
linked to: First Age

Years of the Trees
universe Middle-earth legendarium
visibleFrom Sea
offshore ships

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Undying Lands contains Túna
Pelóri Mountains adjacentTo Túna
subject linked to: the Pelóri Mountains
Calacirya near Túna
subject linked to: the Calacirya
Bay of Eldamar contains Túna
subject linked to: the Bay of Eldamar