Location To the southeast of Mordor Race Men Culture Variags, and perhaps others Meaning Not known with certainty1 Indexes: Alphabetical: K Lands, Realms and Regions About this entry: Updated 25 April 2014 Updates planned: 1 Ancient eastern ally of Sauron  A little-known land lying to the southeast of Mordor, and its traditional ally. Notes 1 The meaning of 'Khand' is never explained by Tolkien. One possible explanation, though, lies in khand, a word from several interrelated south Asian languages, meaning 'realm' or 'land'. The existence of this word may be no more than a strange coincidence, but the suitability of its meaning for a far southern realm of Middle-earth is striking, and the use of real languages as a basis for place-names is a common feature of Tolkien's work. See also... King of Gondor, Men of Darkness, Mordor, Near Harad, Troll-men, Variags, Wainriders Indexes: Alphabetical: K Lands, Realms and Regions About this entry: Updated 25 April 2014 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2003, 2014. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Thousands of clients worldwide rely on Discus DISC profiles for their personality profiling needs. |
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