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Halflings

A name among Men for the Hobbits

Men
Ancestral
Halflings
Fallohides
Harfoots
Stoors
Stoors of
the Angle
Halflings of the
late Third Age

A name for Hobbits used by Men; it was originally given to them by the tall Dúnedain, who were literally twice the height of a typical Hobbit.


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