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Location
To the east of the Great River Anduin, beneath the Falls of Rauros and opposite the Mouths of Entwash
Pronunciation
we'twang
Meaning
'Field of water'1
Other names
Nindalf

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Wetwang

The great marshland beneath the Emyn Muil

Map of the Wetwang

The name in the Westron tongue for the marshes beneath the Emyn Muil that the Elves called Nindalf.


Notes

1

There is actually a real place named Wetwang in Yorkshire, England, though that name has a slightly different derivation. Where the wet in Tolkien's Wetwang simply carries its natural meaning of 'wet' or 'watery' (as shown by its Elvish equivalent nin) the real place-name actually has nothing to do with water. Instead it derives from Old Norse vaétt, 'legal action', so the full name refers to a field where trials would take place.

See also...

Entwash Vale, Mouths of Entwash, Mouths of Onodló, River Anduin

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