Editing Lothlórien (section)

=== Names ===

Tolkien gave the forest many different names, reflecting its fictional history and the way it is perceived by the different peoples of Middle-earth.{{sfn|Stanton|2006|pp=394–395}}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
! Name
! Meaning
! Origin
|-
! Lindórinand
| Valley of the Land of the Singers<ref group=T name="Unfinished Tales_History of Galadriel and Celeborn"/>
| Older [[Nandorin]] name of the area
|-
! Lórinand
| Valley of Gold<ref group=T name="Unfinished Tales_History of Galadriel and Celeborn"/>
| Nandorin name after introduction of ''mallorn'' trees{{efn|The form ''Lórinand'' was rendered in [[Quenya]] as Laurenandë and in Sindarin as Glornan or Nan Laur, all of the same meaning.<ref group=T name="Unfinished Tales_History of Galadriel and Celeborn"/>}}
|-
! Laurelindórenan
| Valley of Singing Gold<ref group=T name="Unfinished Tales_History of Galadriel and Celeborn"/>
| [[Sindarin]] name after the introduction of ''mallorn'' trees
|-
! Lothlórien
| The Dreamflower<ref name="Hammond & Scull_2005_note for p. 335, Lothlórien">{{harvnb|Hammond|Scull|2005|loc=note for p. 335, Lothlórien}}</ref>
| Sindarin name in the [[Third Age]]
|-
! Lórien
| Dream Land<ref name="Hammond & Scull_2005_note for p. 335, Lothlórien"/>
| Shortened form of Lothlórien matching the name of the<br />[[Gardens of Lórien]] in [[Aman (Middle-earth)|Aman]]{{sfn|Stanton|2006|pp=394–395}}
|-
! Dwimordene
| Valley of illusions
| Used in [[Rohan (Middle-earth)|Rohan]],<ref group=T name="The King of the Golden Hall">{{harvnb|Tolkien|1954|loc=Book 3, ch. 6 "The King of the Golden Hall"}}</ref> from [[Old English]] ''[[wikt:dwimor|dwimor]]'' "illusion", ''denu'', "valley"{{sfn|Foster|2003|loc="Dwimordene"}}
|-
! The Golden Wood
| —
| [[Westron|The Common Speech]]<ref group=T name="The Riders of Rohan">{{harvnb|Tolkien|1954|loc=Book 3, ch. 2 "The Riders of Rohan"}}</ref>
|}