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Conquest of Minas Ithil - Defense of Osgiliath - Battle of Dagorlad - Siege of Barad-dûr


The Battle of Dagorlad, also called the Great Battle, was a major battle of the War of the Last Alliance in the late Second Age.

History

The battle took place in the year SA 3434. It was fought between the army of the Last Alliance under Gil-galad and Elendil against an army of Orcs and other creatures loyal to Sauron, on the plains of Dagorlad just outside Mordor between Emyn Muil and Cirith Gorgor. The Last Alliance joined with Anárion's army from Gondor, which was holding Osgiliath and Minas Ithil, and they marched to Dagorlad. Oropher and Amdír, Sindar Elves, chafing under the command of the Ñoldorin Gil-galad, prematurely charged at the enemy and were driven back, and Amdír along with many Galadhrim Warriors died in the Dead Marshes.

Eventually, the Alliance was able to drive back the enemy forces and win the battle, proceeding then to attack the Black Gate and advance into Udûn.

Etymology

The word Dagorlad means "Battle plain", from the Sindarin dagor ("battle") and lad ("plain, valley").[4][5]

Translations

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Slag van Dagorlad
Alemannisch Schlacht am Dagorlad
Albanian Beteja e Dagorlad
Amharic ዻጎርላድ የጦርነት
Arabic معركة ضاعورلاد
Aragonese Batalla de Dagorlad
Armenian Ճակատամարտը Դագորլադ
Asturian Batalla de Dagorlad
Azerbaijani Dagorlad Döyüş
Basque Dagorladko Gudua
Belarusian Cyrillic Дагорлад бітва
Bengali ডাগর্লাদ যুদ্ধে
Bosnian Bitka kod Dagorlada
Breton Emgann Dagorlad
Bulgarian Cyrillic Битка за Дагорлад
Catalan Batalla de Dagorlad
Cebuano Gubat sa Dagorlad
Chichewa Nkhondo ya Dagorlad
Cornish Batel Dagorlad
Corsican Battagghia di Dagorlad
Croatian Bitka za Dagorlad
Czech Bitva u Dagorladu
Danish Slaget ved Dagorlad
Dutch Slag bij Dagorlad
Esperanto Batalo de Dagorlad
Fijian Ivalu ni Dagorlad
Filipino Labanan ng Dagorlad
Finnish Dagorladin taistelu
French Bataille du Dagorlad
Frisian Slach fan Dagorlad (Western)
Galician Batalla de Dagorlad
Georgian ძაგორლადი კამპანია
German Schlacht auf der Dagorlad
Greek Μάχη του Δαγορλαδ
Gujarati ડગોર્લદ યુદ્ધ
Haitian Creole Batay nan Dagorlad
Hebrew קרב דאגורלאד
Hindi डगोर्लद की लड़ाई
Hmong Sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Dagorlad
Hungarian Csata Dagorlad
Icelandic Orrustan um Dagorlad
Indonesian Pertempuran Dagorlad
Irish Gaelic Cath Dagorlad
Italian Battaglia di Dagorlad
Japanese ダゴルラドの戦い
Javanese Peperangan Dagorlad
Kannada ಡಗೊರ್ಲದ್ ಕದನದಲ್ಲಿ
Kazakh Дагорлад шайқасы (Cyrillic) Dagorlad şayqası (Latin)
Kurdish Şer Dagorlad (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Дагорлад согуш
Latin Pugna ad Dagorlad
Latvian Dagorladas Kauja
Lithuanian Dagorlado Mūšis
Luxembourgish Schluecht vu Dagorlad
Macedonian Cyrillic Битка кај Дагорлад
Malaysian Pertempuran Dagorlad
Maori Pakanga o Dagorlad
Marathi डगोर्लद लढाई
Maltese Battalja ta 'Dagorlad
Mongolian Cyrillic Дагорлад тулалдаан
Nepalese डगोर्लद को लडाई
Norwegian Slaget ved Dagorlad
Occitan Batalha de Dagorlad
Old English Beadu be Dagorlad
Pashto جګړه د ضاګورلاد ?
Persian نبرد داگورلاد
Poland Bitwa na Dagorlad
Portuguese Batalha de Dagorlad
Romanian Bătălia de Dagorlad
Russian Битва при Дагорладе
Samoan Taua o Dagorlad
Sardinian Batalla de Dagorlad
Scots Battle o Dagorlad
Serbian Битка код Дагорлада (Cyrillic) Bitka kod Dagorlad (Latin)
Sicilian Battagghia di li Dagorlad
Sinhalese ඩගොර්ලද් සටන
Slovak Bitka o Dagorlad
Slovenian Bitka za Dagorlad
Scottish Gaelic Blàr Dagorlad
Somalian Dagaalka ee Dagorlad
Spanish Batalla de Dagorlad
Sundanese Perang Dagorlad
Swahili Mapigano ya Dagorlad
Swedish Slaget vid Dagorlad
Tahitian Aroraa o te Dagorlad
Tajik Cyrillic Ҷанг Дагорлад
Tamil டகொர்லத் சண்டை
Tatar Дагорлад сугышы
Telugu డగొర్లద యుద్ధం
Tongan Tau 'o e Dagorlad
Turkish Dagorlad Savaşı
Turkmen Dagorlad Söweş
Ukrainian Cyrillic Битва на Даґорлад
Urdu کی لڑائی داگورلید
Uzbek Дагорлад Жанги (Cyrillic) Dagorlad Jangi (Latin)
Vietnamese Trận Dagorlad
Welsh Brwydr Dagorlad
West Flemish Slag om Dagorlad
Xhosa Imfazwe yaseDagorlad
Yiddish שלאַכט פון דאַגאָרלאַד
Yoruba Ogun ti Dagorlad
Zulu Impi yeDagorlad

References

  1. The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Second Age"
  2. The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, VI: "The Tale of Years of the Second Age"
  3. Unfinished Tales, Part Two: The Second Age, IV: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn, and of Amroth King of Lórien", Appendices: Appendix B, The Sindarin Princes of the Silvan Elves
  4. The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names
  5. Parma Eldalamberon, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
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