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Founded in or about II 3320; still extant during the Fourth AgeLocation
A narrow land between the river Anduin in the west and the mountains of Ephel Dúath in the east Race
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Originally established and held by the House of Isildur; in later history, this region was associated with the House of Húrin, especially after Faramir, a descendant of that house, was made Prince of IthilienSettlements
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Several rivers and streams rose in Ephel Dúath to the west, of which only Morgulduin is named Outflow
The streams of Ithilien flowed westward into AnduinPasses
In the central Ephel Dúath, a pass known in later years as the Morgul Pass ran from Ithilien into Mordor, with the lesser pass of Cirith Ungol above it Pronunciation
ithi'lien
Meaning
'Land of the Moon' (associated with Isildur, whose name means 'Devoted to the Moon')
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Ithilien
The narrow lands of Gondor east of the Anduin
The lands of Gondor east of the River Anduin, on the borders of Mordor. With the capture of Minas Ithil, and the return of the Nazgûl to the Black Land, Ithilien became a deserted country.
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Minas Ithil is the only named city of Ithilien. However, this rich land was at one time a populous region, and doubtless supported many other towns and settlements. The hills of Emyn Arnen seem to have been of particular importance, though no individual settlements among the hills are ever named. |
See also...
Adrahil, Anemones, Asphodel, Battle of the Camp, Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Battle of the Plains, Bays, Boromir, Box-woods, Briar, Broom, Captain of the Southern Army, Celandines, Clematis, Cornel, [See the full list...]Cross-roads, Culumalda, Curtain of Henneth Annûn, Cypresses, Denethor I, East Anórien, East-borders, Eastgate of the Bridge, Eglantine, Emyn Arnen, Fallen King, Faramir, Fastred, Filbert, Folcred, Fords of Poros, Gollum, Gondorians, Gorse, Great Signal, Harad Road, Harondor, Haudh in Gwanûr, Hazel, Heather, Hedgehogs, Henneth Annûn, Holm-oaks, Ilexes, Iris, Isil, Isildur, Ithil, Junipers, Laburnums, Larches, Legolas Greenleaf, Lilies, Ling, Lord of the Black Land, Mablung, Marjoram, Men out of the South, Minohtar, Morgul Pass, Morgul Vale, Morgul-host, Morgul-road, Morgul-way, Morgulduin, Mountains of Shadow, Myrtle, Nine Lords, Nine-fingered, North Ithilien, Onions, Outlands, Palantíri, Parsley, Potatoes, Primeroles, Prince of Ithilien, Rangers of Ithilien, Riders of West-mark, River Anduin, River of Gondor, Ruling Steward, Sage, Saxifrage, Shadowy Mountains, South Ithilien, Southern Army, Steward of Gondor, Stonecrop, Sûza, Tale of Aragorn and Arwen, Tamarisk, Terebinth, The Moon, The Usurper, Thyme, Uruk-hai, Valley of the Wraiths, War of the Last Alliance, Watch-towers of the Morannon, Water-lilies, Whin, White Lady, White Lady of Rohan, White Mountains, Whortleberry, Window of the Sunset, Window on the West, Winged Creatures, Wraith-road
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