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Carnen from map

The Carnen shown in relation to the Iron Hills and the Lonely Mountain

The Carnen, also known as the Redwater, was a river in the region of Rhovanion in Middle-earth.

The Carnen originated in the Iron Hills and was east of the Lonely Mountain. It flowed southward before emptying into the River Running, which was about 250 Númenórean miles to the south. This river, in turn, flowed past the land of Dorwinion and into the Sea of Rhûn.[1]

In the War of the Ring, in the year TA 3019, a large force of Easterlings under Sauron's command crossed and forded this river on their way to attack the Dwarf realm of the Lonely Mountain and the Mannish kingdom of Dale.[2]

Etymology[]

Carnen is a Sindarin name meaning "Redwater", consisting of the words caran ("red") and nen ("water; lake, pool; lesser river").[3]

It is possible that Redwater is a translation of the name for the river in the common tongue.[4]

In adaptations[]

The Lord of the Rings Online - Carnen

River Carnen in The Lord of the Rings Online

In The Lord of the Rings Online, the origins of river Carnen can be found in the Ironfold region. It begins as six streams flowing into the Iron Hills from the nearby mountains, all shallow and rust-brown in colour. Across the Iron Hills, the streams eventually join into a single river, which then plummets down through several waterfalls into the area called "the Barding-lands", clearing it of sediment before it flows further to the south.

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Rooi water
Albanian Uji i kuq
Arabic ماء أحمر
Armenian Կարմիր ջուր
Basque Ur gorri
Belarusian Cyrillic Чырвона вада
Bengali লাল জল
Bosnian Crvene vod
Bulgarian Cyrillic Червена вода
Catalan Aigua vermella
Chinese (Hong Kong) 紅水河 (Redwater)

卡南河 (Carnen)

Croatian Crvena voda
Czech Cervená voda
Danish Rødkildefloden
Dutch Rood water
Esperanto Ruga akvo
Estonian Punane vesi
Faroese Reyðvatn
Filipino Pulang tubig
Finnish Punainen vesi
French Eau rouge
Galician Auga vermella
Georgian წითელი წყალი
German Rotwasser
Greek Κόκκινο νερό
Gujarati લાલ પાણી
Hebrew (Redwater) נהר אדום

(Carnen) קארנן

Hindi लाल पानी
Hmong liab dej
Hungarian Vörös víz
Icelandic Rauðvatn
Irish Gaelic uisce dearg
Italian Acqua rossa
Japanese 赤水川 (Redwater)

カルネン (Carnen)

Kannada ಕೆಂಪು ನೀರು
Kazakh Қызыл су (Cyrillic) Qizil sw (Latin)
Korean 혈뇨
Ladino Agua kolorado
Laotian ນ້ໍາແດງ
Latvian Sarkanais udens
Lithuanian Raudona vandens
Macedonian Cyrillic Црвена вода
Malayalam റെഡ് വെള്ളം
Malaysian Air merah
Maltese Ilma ahmar
Marathi रेड वॉटर
Mongolian Cyrillic Улаан ус
Nepalese रातो पानी
Norwegian Rødt vann
Persian آب قرمز
Polish Czerwona Woda
Portuguese água vermelha
Punjabi ਰੈੱਡ ਵਾਟਰ
Romanian Apa ro?u
Russian Красная (Redwater) Карнен (Carnen)
Samoan Vai mumu
Scottish Gaelic Uisge dearg
Serbian Црвена вода (Cyrillic) Crvena voda (Latin)
Sinhalese රතු වතුර
Slovak Cervená voda
Slovenian Rdeca voda
Spanish Aguas Rojas
Swedish Rödälven
Tajik Cyrillic сурх Об
Tamil சிவப்பு நீர்
Telugu రెడ్ వాటర్
Thai น้ำแดง
Turkish Kirmizi su
Urdu سرخ پانی
Uzbek Қизил сув (Cyrillic) Qizil suv (Latin)
Vietnamese Đỏ Nước
Welsh Dwr coch
Xhosa Amanzi alubomvu
Yiddish רויט וואסער


References[]

  1. The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "Wilderland"
  2. The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Great Years"
  3. Carnen on eldamo.org
  4. The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
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