Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sauron

/ˈsaʊɹɑn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: sauron
IPA: /ˈsaʊɹɑn/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

noun

An evil, tyrannical, or widely disliked person.

name

Alternative form of SAURON.

name

Acronym of steep and uneven ring of non-thermal radiation, an ORC (“odd radio circle”) found in the southern sky.

Example Sentences

"'I don't think there are any Saurons around today but, in 1939 there was one, sitting in the middle of Europe. […]"
"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."
"Torture, indeed, like enslavement, has traditionally been iconic of pure evil, the practice of a Sauron or a Saddam Hussein."

Etymology

From the Quenya name of the dark lord Sauron in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, whose name Tolkien created in his constructed language Quenya, from saura (“foul, putrid”).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsaʊɹɑn/
British English: /ˈsaʊ(ə)ɹɒn/

Inflected Forms

Saurons (plural)

Derived Forms

SAURON Sauronesque

Questions

How do you pronounce sauron?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsaʊɹɑn/.
What does sauron mean?: 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.
Where does sauron come from?: From the Quenya name of the dark lord Sauron in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, whose name Tolkien created in his constructed language Quenya, from saura (“foul, putrid”).

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