Enedwaith

Enedwaith was a region of Middle-earth between Arnor and Gondor; the word also referred to the men who resided there who were also known as the Haladin.
== History & inhabitants ==
During the First and early Second Ages, Enedwaith was heavily forested; however, with the arrival of the Númenóreans from the west, the landscape was deforested from the seventh century of the Second Age onward.Unfinished Tales, Part Two: The Second Age, Chapter IV: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", Appendix D, The Port of Lond Daer "The History of Middle-earth", Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, chapter X: "Of Dwarves and Men", "The Atani and their Languages"
The peoples of Enedwaith were distantly related to the Haladin of old (the Second House of the Edain). However, this fact was not recognized in time by the Númenóreans (who were mainly descended from the First and ThirdHouses of the Edain) and thus spoke a language that was not related. It is mentioned as well that the Dunlendings of Calenardhon were not ranked as Middle Men, but instead ranked among the "people of darkness," enemies, and aliens."Unfinished Tales", Part Four, Chapter I: "The Drúedain", Notes
The forests of Enedwaith (and much of those to the north in Eriador) were conclusively destroyed by the War of the Elves and Sauron around the year SA 1700, during which much of what had survived the felling was burnt. Only isolated corners like Eryn Vorn and the Old Forest survived. Many surviving natives took refuge in the eastern highlands of Enedwaith, "the foothills of the Misty Mountains," which ultimately became Dunland.
After SA 3320, Enedwaith formed the most western part of the new Kingdom of Gondor. The south-west still had some scattered woods, but elsewhere Enedwaith was by this time primarily grasslands. The only known settlement was at Tharbad, maintained jointly by Gondor and Arnor (later Cardolan), to protect the city and the North-South Road. Nonetheless, following the Great Plague of TA 1636, Gondor's authority permanently ended throughout the region.
Tharbad (initially one of two ancient cities on the Gwathló and the only one to survive beyond the early Third Age) was finally abandoned following devastating floods in TA 2912The Lord of The Rings, "The Return of The King", Book Four, Appendix B. After that, only Dunland remained inhabited.
However, in the early Fourth Age, Enedwaith was absorbed into the Reunited Kingdom. 
==Etymology==
Enedwaith (also spelled Enedhwaith) is Sindarin, meaning "middle-folk" or "middle-region" from enedh ("middle") and gwaith ("people"). Though the suffix gwaith usually refers to people, it was also used for regions.
== References ==
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Belerusian Cyrillic	Энедвейт
Bengali 	এনডিয়েট
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Енедщаит
Chinese 	伊寧威治
Danish 	Enedwaith (Det Centrale Lavland)
Georgian 	ენედვაისი
Gujarati 	ઇનેડવિથ
Hebrew 	אנדוואית
Hindi 	ऐन्ऐद्व्ऐथ
Hungarian 	Közép-nép
Japanese 	エネドワイス
Kannada 	ಎನೆಡ್ವೈತ್
Korean 	엔드 웨이트
Macedonian Cyrillic	Енедваит
Marathi 	एनेडवाइथ
Punjabi 	ਈਨਡਵੈਥ
Russian 	Энедвайт
Tajik Cyrillic 	Енедwаит
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