Dunland

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Dunland is a rugged, sparsely populated region in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, inhabited by the Dunlendings and lying to the west of the Misty Mountains near Rohan.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dunland canonical 3
Beornings' land 1
the region of Dunland 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional region ⓘ
region of Middle-earth ⓘ
alliedWith Saruman ⓘ
appearsIn The Lord of the Rings (film series) ⓘ
appearsOnMapIn The Lord of the Rings appendices ⓘ
associatedWithRace Men ⓘ
belongsToRegion lands between Isen and Greyflood ⓘ
borderedBy Enedwaith ⓘ
Isengard ⓘ
Misty Mountains ⓘ
Rohan ⓘ
chronologyEra Fourth Age (residual population) ⓘ
Third Age ⓘ
climate cool and wet ⓘ
creator J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
cultureOfInhabitantsRelatedTo ancient Men of Eriador ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dunlendings ⓘ
etymologyOfName land of the dark (or swarthy) people ⓘ
geographicalCharacter hill-country ⓘ
rough pastureland ⓘ
governedBy local chieftains of the Dunlendings ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus part of Tolkien’s legendarium canon ⓘ
hasHistoricalConflictWith Rohirrim ⓘ
historicalInhabitants Men ⓘ
inInhabitedBy Dunlendings ⓘ
languageSpokenByInhabitants Dunlending tongue ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Middle-earth ⓘ
linked to: Eriador
locatedInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth ⓘ
locatedNear Rohan ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Isengard ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Enedwaith ⓘ
locatedWestOf Misty Mountains ⓘ
mapFeatureType named region on Middle-earth maps ⓘ
mentionedInWork The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
The Return of the King ⓘ
The Two Towers ⓘ
notableEventAssociatedWith Dunlending participation in the War of the Ring ⓘ
politicalAlignmentDuringWarOfTheRing hostile to Rohan ⓘ
populationDensity sparsely populated ⓘ
resentmentCauseForInhabitants expulsion from the plains of Rohan ⓘ
strategicImportance buffer region between Rohan and the west ⓘ
terrainType rugged ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence late Third Age ⓘ
usedBy Saruman ⓘ
usedByFor recruiting Man-power against Rohan ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thrór → residence → Dunland ⓘ
Wilderland → hasPart → Beornings' land ⓘ
linked to: Dunland
Cardolan → borders → Dunland ⓘ
Ered Nimrais → extendsTo → the region of Dunland ⓘ
linked to: Dunland