When the Elvish word loth appears in a name, it usually means 'flower' or 'blossom' (as for example in Lothlórien, 'Lórien of the Blossom'). The name Lothlann is an exception; the loth- here has no connection with flowers at all, but comes from a separate root lus meaning 'empty' (and -lann from lad, 'wide'). Thus Lothlann literally means 'empty and wide', but is more usually given in translation in the reverse form 'wide and empty', which reads more naturally in English.
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