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Dates
Known to have been occupied at the beginning of the Years of the Sun1
Location
The distant east of Middle-earth
Race
Pronunciation
hildoree'en
Meaning
'Land of the Hildor (Followers)'

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Hildórien

Birthplace of the race of Men

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'Land of the Followers'; the land in the far east of Middle-earth in which the first Men awoke at the beginning of the First Age.


Notes

1

After the Awakening of Men, Hildórien is not subsequently mentioned, and it may be that it was lost in the mists of time, like the Elves' place of awakening at Cuiviénen. On the other hand, Men awoke much more recently than the Elves, and unlike Cuiviénen, Hildórien is never explicitly said to have been lost. At least in principle, then, it's possible that the ancestral lands of Men were still inhabited by them until the time of the War of the Ring and even beyond.

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