Lone-lands

The Lone-lands was an area of Middle-earth which was either located in the region of Eriador or was synonymous with its names.
== History ==
The "Lone-lands" was a name used by Hobbits, and possibly the Men of Bree, for the wilderness found east of Bree.
The eastern end of the area towards Hoarwell was described as being bare and stony, whereas the western end towards the South Downs appeared to be more broken and full of bushy thickets.
Among other features, the Lone-lands contained Weathertop Hill and the Weather Hills, and in the hilly portion of the area were many abandoned castles of Rhudaur, which, according to some, gave it a "wicked" look.The Hobbit, "Roast Mutton" (Second edition) Also, roads were considerably worse in the Lone-lands than in the Shire, and by the conclusion of the Third Age, very few resided here.
== Ambiguity ==
Whether the Lone-lands and Eriador are synonymous with each other is unknown; although etymologies given for Eriador certainly suggests that this may be the case.J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in The Lord of the Rings" in Parma Eldalamberon (ed. Christopher Gilson), vol. 17, July 2007, pg. 28 Both mentions of "Lone-lands" in The Hobbit were not added until the 1966 edition,Wayne G. Hammond, Douglas Anderson, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography, "A: Books by J.R.R. Tolkien", pgs. 30-31 well after the introduction of the word "Eriador" in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring.The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book I, "Strider" Seeing as the latter was spoken by Aragorn, who would have known the Sindarin name, and the former by Bilbo, who would not have known the "foreign" name at the time, it is likely they were referring to the same region.Fredrik Ström, Carl F. Hostetter (ed.), "Letters to VT", Vinyar Tengwar, vol. 42, July 2001, pg. 4
== In adaptations ==
=== J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth ===
The "Lone-lands" is a name given to an area south of Weathertop Hill.
=== The Hobbit (2003 video game) ===
When Thorin and Company travel from Hobbiton to the Trollshaws,The Hobbit (2003 video game), "Roast Mutton" the narrator mentions the "Lone-lands".
The game's soundtrack also contains a piece called "Combat in the Lone-lands," which is played as Bilbo journeys to the campfire of the Trolls.
=== The Lord of the Rings Online ===
In the game The Lord of the Rings Online, the "lLone-lands" refers explicitly to the region between Bree-land and the Trollshaws. The Forsaken Inn in the far west, and the Last Bridge at the far east are the region's boundaries.
== Translations ==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Eensame lande
Albanian 	Tokat të vetmuara
Amharic 	ብቸኛ መሬቶች
Arabic 	لونلي وحيدا
Armenian 	Միայնակ երկրներ
Azerbaijani 	Yalnız Torpaqlar
Basque 	Bakarti lurrak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Адзінокая краіны
Bengali 	একাকী জমি
Bosnian 	Usamljena zemlja
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Самотна държави
Burmese 	အထီးကျန်မြေများ
Cambodian 	ប្រទេសឯកោ
Catalan 	Terres solitària
Chinese 	孤獨地政
Corsican 	Paesi solu
Croatian 	Usamljene zemlje
Czech 	Osamělá pozemky
Danish 	Eriadors Ødemark
Dutch 	Eenzame landen
Esperanto 	Sole teroj
Estonian 	Üksildane maandub
Faroese 	Einsamallurlond
Filipino 	Malungkot na lupain
Finnish 	Yksinäiset maat
French 	Terres solitaire
Galician 	Terras solas
Georgian 	ლონლი მიწები
German 	Leere Lande
Greek 	Μοναχικός χώρες
Gujarati 	લોનલી જમીન
Haitian Creole 	A Sèl peyi
Hebrew 	לונלי מקרקעי
Hindi 	अकेला भूमि
Hmong 	Kho siab thaj av
Hungarian 	Magányos földek
Icelandic 	Einmana lendir
Indonesian 	Kesepian tanah-tanah
Italian 	Terre solitarie
Japanese 	ロンリー土地
Javanese 	Tanah sepi
Kannada 	ಲೋನ್ಲಿ ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ಸ್
Kazakh 	Жалғыз жерлер (Cyrillic) Jalğız jerler (Latin)
Korean 	론리 땅
Kurdish 	زەوییە تەنیاکان (Sorani) Tenê welatan (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Жалгыз жерлер
Laotian 	ດິນທີ່ໂດດດ່ຽວ
Latin 	Terras solus
Latvian 	Vientuļi zemi
Lithuanian 	Vienišas žemes
Macedonian Cyrillic	Осамени земји
Malayalam 	ഏകാന്ത ഭൂമികൾ
Malaysian 	Tanah sunyi
Maltese 	Artijiet solitarji
Marathi 	एकाकी जमीन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Ганцаардал газар
Nepalese 	एकलो भूमि
Norwegian 	Eriadors Ødemark
Occitan 	Tèrras solitària
Pashto 	يواځې ځمکه
Persian 	لونلی اراضی
Polish 	Samotne ziemie
Portuguese 	Terras solitária
Punjabi 	ਇਕੱਲੇ ਜ਼ਮੀਨ
Romanian 	Pământuri singuratice
Russian 	Одинокие земли
Scottish Gaelic 	Fearann aonaranach
Serbian 	Самотна земље (Cyrillic) Samotna zemlje (Latin)
Sesotho 	Linaha tse bolutu
Sindhi 	اڪيلو زمينون
Sinhalese 	පාළු ඉඩම්
Slovak 	Osamelé pozemky
Slovenian 	Osamljena zemljišč
Somali 	Keligiis dhul ah
Spanish 	Tierras solitaria
Sundanese 	Sorangan lemahna
Swahili 	Nchi za upweke
Swedish 	Eriadors Vildmark
Tajik Cyrillic 	заминҳои танҳоӣ
Tamil 	தனிமையான நிலங்கள்
Tatar 	Ялгыз җирләр
Telugu 	ఒంటరిగా భూములు
Thai 	ดินแดนที่โดดเดี่ยว
Turkish 	Yalnız Topraklar
Turkmen 	Onalňyz Ýerler
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Самотня землі
Urdu 	تنہا زمین
Uzbek 	Фақатгина мамлакатлар (Cyrillic) Faqatgina mamlakatlar (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Vùng đất cô đơn
Welsh 	Tiroedd Unig
Xhosa 	Yedwa kumazwe
Yiddish 	עלנט לענדער
== References ==
Category:Regions
Category:Eriador
pl:Samotne Ziemie