One of several names used to describe the watery region where the waters of the Narog flowed into Sirion. A forest of willow-trees grew there, from which it took its many names: Nan-tasarion, Tasarinan and (most commonly) Nan-tathren are all Elvish names meaning 'willow valley'.
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'Valley of willows' is the literal translation of the name Nan-tasarion, where Elvish nan refers to a valley, especially a shallow river valley, used here in reference to the broad Vales of Sirion. In common use, however, the name is usually translated by the more general (and less literal) 'Land of Willows'.
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