米那斯提力斯

Minas Tirith (Sindarin for 'Tower of Guard') is the seven-tiered white city built on Mount Mindolluin in Tolkien's legendarium. It is besieged by Sauron's army at the climactic Battle of the Pelennor Fields (帕兰诺平原战役) in The Return of the King (《王者归来》). Originally called Minas Anor, it was renamed after Minas Ithil fell to the Nazgûl. The 2003 Peter Jackson film made the digital model of Minas Tirith one of cinema's most iconic CG cityscapes.

Six-character phonetic transliteration: 米-那-斯-提-力-斯 ≈ 'Mi-na-s-ti-li-s'. Mainland Chinese editions of Lord of the Rings (人民文学出版社) use this form; Taiwanese editions (朱学恒 translation) sometimes use 米那斯提力斯 or 米那斯·提力斯 with a middle dot. Note that 力 (lì) renders the 'r' sound — Mandarin lacks a true 'r' onset for transliteration, so 力 / 利 / 里 are common substitutes.