Eradan

Eradan was the second Ruling Steward of Gondor.
==Biography==
Eradan was born in TA 1999 and was the son of Mardil Voronwë. Following the death of his father in TA 2080, Eradan became the second Ruling Steward, and the second Steward to rule during the era known as the Watchful Peace. Eradan, served as Ruling Steward until his death in TA 2116 at the age of 117 after a rule of thirty-six years. He was succeeded by his son Herion.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iv): "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age"
Eradan was the first Steward to use a Sindarin name.
==Etymology==
Eradan is a Sindarin word. -adan is the singular form of "edain".The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዐራዳን
Arabic 	إيرادان
Armenian 	Էրադան
Assamese 	এৰাদান
Belarusian Cyrillic	Ерадан
Bengali 	ইরাদান
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Ерадан
Chinese 	伊拉頓
Georgian 	ერადან
Greek 	Εραδαν
Gujarati 	ઈરાદાન
Hebrew 	אראדאן
Hindi 	एरदन
Japanese 	エラダン
Kannada 	ಎರಡನ್
Kazakh 	Ерадан (Cyrillic) Eradan (Latin)
Korean 	에라단
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Эрадан
Macedonian Cyrillic	Ерадан
Marathi 	एरदान
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Ерадан
Nepalese 	एरदन
Pashto 	ایردان
Persian 	ارادان
Punjabi 	ਈਰਾਡਨ
Russian 	Эрадан
Sanskrit 	एरदन्
Serbian 	Ерадан (Cyrillic) Eradan (Latin)
Sindhi 	ارادن
Sinhalese 	එරදන්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ерадан
Tamil 	எராடன்
Telugu 	ఎరడన్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Ерадан
Urdu 	ارادان
Uzbek 	Ерадан (Cyrillic) Eradan (Latin)
Yiddish 	עראַדאַן
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Category:Characters in The History of Middle-earth