What does Sunnamere mean exactly?

Gordias · July 2

As Votary Nahlia said in one of the dialogues, what does Sunnamere exactly mean?

"Sunnamere. I wonder what it means? I never gave it a second thought before."

ArchMikem · July 2

It's Aldmer, or Altmer in origin. Didn't they say it was underneath the Mage's Guild Hall in Sunhold?

Gordias · July 2

Does it mean "under the SunHold"?

All I can find is this (from https://elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/66257)

Dame Nahlia,

Why is it that the Mages Guild believes Sunnamere is only roughly a thousand years older than the Mages Guild, placing it in the third millennium of the First Era, even though its architecture is supposedly ancient Aldmeri.

Kind regards,

Faenlidor Snow-Searcher

Sunnamere’s role in the whole “discovering the Scholarium” tale has made it mildly famous across the guild. Which is a change, since previously it was best known for being drafty, moldy, and awkward to staff because of the problems up in Sunhold. Sunnamere as a site absolutely predates the First Era. I’m not actually sure when it was built? But it was long before Ulfsild’s time.

Syldras · July 2

"Sunna" definitively means "blessed" in Ayleidoon (as well as Dunmeri, btw).

For "mere", I'd have to look up if there's already some other term which we have a translation for.