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Old 09-08-2004, 02:05 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by Telcontar_Dunedain
Did the dwarves have their own name for it because Moria was elvish.
Here are the names that Foster lists:

Khazad-Dum is dwarvish meaning (dwarf-mansion)

It was called the Dwarrowdelf in Westron

It was called Hadhodrond in Sindarin, although the more usual Elvish name was Moria.

From the latter name came the Westron Black Pit, Black Chasm, and Mines of Moria.
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