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Dates
Destroyed in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age
Location
The southern part of the land of Hithlum, lying directly northeast of Nevrast
Race
Originally Elves, but latterly occupied by Men
Family
Under the power of the House of Fingolfin until the Nirnaeth Arnoediad; in its later history if was ruled as a fief by the House of Hador
Pronunciation
do'r loa'min
Meaning
'Land of Echoes'1

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Dor-lómin

The southern region of Hithlum

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The name given to the lands that lay to the northwest of Beleriand, ruled as a hereditary fief under the Kings of the Noldor by the Men of the House of Hador.


Notes

1

The interpretation of Dor-lómin as 'Land of Echoes' is certain, but the reason for the name is never made clear. It was most likely derived from Lammoth, the place where Morgoth's cries caused a Great Echo after his retun to Middle-earth. The mountains that ran east of that place were the Ered Lómin, the 'Echoing Mountains', and they ran southward to border the land of Dor-lómin.

See also...

Algund, Amon Darthir, Androth, Asgon, Barahir, Dírhavel, Ered Lómin, Gethron, Hador, Hathol, Huor, Indor, Lady of Dor-lómin, Lord of Dor-lómin, Lorgan, [See the full list...]

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