Dagorlad
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Dagorlad is a vast plain in the southeastern part of Rhovanion near Mordor in Middle-earth. It lies between the Emyn Muil and the Cirith Gorgor, and is largely a treeless wasteland, bereft of life and beauty.
Its name in Sindarin is in reference to the major battle between the army of the Last Alliance and the hordes of Mordor at the end of the Second Age. The area of this battle, full of death and rotting corpses, is now known as the Dead Marshes. Although the bodies of the dead are long gone, their ghastly shapes can still be seen floating ethereally beneath the surface of the blackish waters of the swamp known as the Dead Marshes.
It was also the site of many battles between the armies of Gondor and the Wainriders in the Third Age.
Etymology
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The word Dagorlad means 'battle plain' in the Sindarin language.
Notes
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In Peter Jackson's movie adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, Dagorlad is misspelled as Dagorland on various maps shown in the films, and in the appendices of the special extended DVD editions.
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