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Location
To the southeast of Mordor
Race
Men
Culture
Variags, and perhaps others
Meaning
Not known with certainty1

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Khand

Ancient eastern ally of Sauron

Map of Khand

A little-known land lying to the southeast of Mordor, and its traditional ally.


Notes

1

The meaning of 'Khand' is never explained by Tolkien. One possible explanation, though, lies in khand, a word from several interrelated south Asian languages, meaning 'realm' or 'land'. The existence of this word may be no more than a strange coincidence, but the suitability of its meaning for a far southern realm of Middle-earth is striking, and the use of real languages as a basis for place-names is a common feature of Tolkien's work.

See also...

King of Gondor, Men of Darkness, Mordor, Near Harad, Troll-men, Variags, Wainriders

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