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Location
The wide lands east of the Great Sea
Origins
Made by Aulë
Meaning
Presumably simply an allusion to the fact that Middle-earth covered a much wider area than Aman in the West
Other names
The Dark Lands, Endor, Endóre, Ennor, Hither Lands, Hither Shore, Middle-earth, Outer Lands, The Wide World
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Great LandsAn old name for Middle-earth
General map of the Great Lands1 General map of the Great Lands1 A name dating back to the earliest times, referring to Middle-earth, or the major part of it. In the sense of Middle-earth in its entirety, the name was commonly used by the Númenóreans and their descendants, and perhaps for them the 'great' in that case referred to the immensity of Middle-earth compared with the island of Númenor. The term predates the foundation of Númenor, though, and at times seems to refer just to the larger eastern part of Middle-earth, separated from Beleriand by the Blue Mountains. Notes
See also...Endor, Erellont, Exiles, Lady of the Noldor, Men of the Sea, Misty Mountains, Power of the North, Straight Way, Tar-Ciryatan Indexes: About this entry:
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