Sauron

SAURON sauron English Etymology From the en qya - name of the dark lord qya Sauron in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, whose name Tolkien created in his constructed language en qya -, from qya saura foul, putrid. Pronunciation en /ˈsaʊ(ə)ɹɒn/ /ˈsɔːɹɒn/ RP en /ˈsaʊɹɑn/ /ˈsɔɹɑn/ GA en /ˈsæoɹɔn/ /ˈsoːɹɔn/ NZ Notes The first pronunciation listed (for each accent) was the one intended by Tolkien.the first syllable of Sauron is like English sour, not sore J. R. R. Tolkien 15 September 1977 The Silmarillion London George Allen & Unwin Note on Pronunciation 310 0048231398 3318634 Proper noun The title character and the main antagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, where he rules the land of Mordor. Translations title character and the main antagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Bulgarian: bg Саурон m Polish: pl Sauron m-pr Noun en People An evil, tyrannical, or widely disliked person. en The story goes on being relevant http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-111977964.html Birmingham Evening Mail 8 January 2004 'I don't think there are any Saurons around today but, in 1939 there was one, sitting in the middle of Europe. en 2007 Overload GameAxis Unwired February http://books.google.com/books?id=m-oDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12&dq=%22saurons%22 12 For aspiring Saurons and Darth Sidiouses, the game allows the player to fill the boots of a big evil Overlord with a handful of minions to start out with. en 2013 Douglas V. Porpora; Alexander G. Nikolaev; Julia Hagemann May; & Alexander Jenkins Post-Ethical Society: The Iraq War, Abu Ghraib, and the Moral Failure of the Secular http://books.google.com/books?id=fRdTAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA196&dq=%22a+sauron%22 196 University of Chicago Press 2013 9780226062495 Torture, indeed, like enslavement, has traditionally been iconic of pure evil, the practice of a Sauron or a Saddam Hussein. en Derived terms en Sauronesque SAURON References Proper noun en astronomy en SAURON. Anagrams en anorsu Ruanos en eponyms terms derived from Tolkien's legendarium en Fictional characters J. R. R. Tolkien