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'''Sunlands''' is the name in [[Gondor]] and the [[Westlands]] that refers to the far southern lands, the [[Harad]].  
:''Not to be confused with: '''[[Sunlending]]''', the [[Rohirric]] name of [[Anórien]]
'''Sunlands''' was a name in the [[Shire]] that referred to the far southern lands of [[Middle-earth]], roughly the same region as [[Harad]].<ref>[[Robert Foster]] (1978), ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'', p. 368</ref>


[[Samwise Gamgee]] heard tales of the [[Swertings]], [[Big Folk]] of the Sunlands who rode on [[oliphaunts]] when they fight.<ref>{{TT|IV3}}</ref>
[[Samwise Gamgee]] heard tales of the [[Swertings]], [[Big Folk]] of the Sunlands who rode on [[oliphaunts]] when they fight.<ref>{{TT|IV3}}</ref>
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N.B. Sunlands is not to be confounded with [[Sunlending]], the name of [[Anórien]] in [[Rohirric]].
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Revision as of 17:50, 13 June 2012

Not to be confused with: Sunlending, the Rohirric name of Anórien

Sunlands was a name in the Shire that referred to the far southern lands of Middle-earth, roughly the same region as Harad.[1]

Samwise Gamgee heard tales of the Swertings, Big Folk of the Sunlands who rode on oliphaunts when they fight.[2]

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