Empty Lands

The Empty Lands, also known as the Barren LandThe History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part One, II: "The Fall of Númenor", (iv) "The further development of The Fall of Númenor", pgs. 31-2 and the Empty Land, were a group of lands in Arda that lay far to the East beyond the boundaries of Middle-earth.The Silmarillion, "Akallabêth: The Downfall of Númenor"
==History==
The Empty Lands first came into being to the east of Middle-earth and may have been a collective name for the Burnt Land of the Sun and the Dark Land.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, "Introduction"
The Empty Lands may have been visited by the Númenóreans on their sea voyages into the far east of Arda during the middle of the Second Age since it is mentioned that they journeyed as far as the Gates of Morning in the Burnt Land of the Sun.
Near the end of the Second Age, the Empty Lands, alongside Belegaer, may have been "cast back" during the Changing of the World in order to make room for new lands and seas.
==Background==
The first mention of the concept of the Empty Lands was in J.R.R Tolkien's early drafts and is then only mentioned again in the Changing of the World. It was believed by Christopher Tolkien that the Empty Lands may have been a collective name for the Burnt Land of the Sun and the Dark Land.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Leë Lande
Albanian 	Tokat Bosh
Amharic 	ባዶ መሬቶች
Arabic 	الأراضي الفارغة
Armenian 	Դատարկ հողեր
Azerbaijani 	Boş Torpaqlar
Basque 	Lur hutsak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Пустыя землі
Bengali 	খালি জমি
Bosnian 	Prazne zemlje
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Празни земи
Cambodian 	ដីទទេ
Catalan 	Terres Buides
Croatian 	Prazne zemlje
Czech 	Prázdné země
Danish 	Tomme lande
Dari 	زمین های خالی
Dutch 	Lege Landen
Esperanto 	Malplenaj Teroj
Estonian 	Tühjad maad
French 	Terres Vides
Georgian 	ცარიელი მიწები
German 	Leere Länder
Greek 	Άδεια Εδάφη
Gujarati 	ખાલી જમીનો
Hebrew 	אדמות ריקות
Hindi 	ख़ाली ज़मीनें
Hungarian 	Üres földek
Icelandic 	Tómlönd
Indonesian 	Tanah-tanah kosong
Irish Gaelic 	Tailte Folamh
Italian 	Terre Vuote
Japanese 	空の土地
Kannada 	ಖಾಲಿ ಭೂಮಿಗಳು
Kazakh 	Бос жерлер (Cyrillic) Bos jerler (Latin)
Korean 	텅 빈 땅
Kurdish 	(Sorani) زەوییە بەتاڵەکان
Welatên vala (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Бош жерлер
Latvian 	Tukšas zemes
Lithuanian 	Tuščios žemės
Macedonian Cyrillic	Празни земји
Malayalam 	ശൂന്യമായ നിലങ്ങൾ
Malaysian 	Tanah-tanah kosong
Maltese 	Artijiet Vojta
Marathi 	रिकाम्या जमिनी
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Хоосон газар
Norwegian 	Tomme lander
Pashto 	خالي ځمکې
Persian 	زمین های خالی
Polish 	Puste ziemie
Punjabi 	ਖਾਲੀ ਜ਼ਮੀਨਾਂ
Romanian 	Terenuri Goale
Russian 	Пустые земли
Sardinian 	Terras Bòidas
Serbian 	Празне земље (Cyrillic) Prazne zemlje (Latin)
Sicilian 	Terri Vacanti
Sindhi 	خالي زمينون
Sinhalese 	හිස් ඉඩම්
Slovak 	Prázdne územia
Slovenian 	Prazna zemljišča
Somali 	Dalal Madhan
Spanish 	Tierras Vacías
Swahili 	Nchi zisizo na watu
Swedish 	Tomma landar
Tamil 	காலியான நிலங்கள்
Tatar 	Буш җирләр
Telugu 	ఖాళీ భూములు
Thai 	ดินแดนว่างเปล่า
Turkish 	Boş Araziler
Turkmen 	Boş Ýerler
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Пусті землі
Urdu 	خالی زمینیں
Uzbek 	Бўш эрлар (Cyrillic) Bo'sh erlar (Latin)
Venetian 	Vuoto Teritori
Vietnamese 	Vùng đất trống
Welsh 	Tiroedd Gwag
Yiddish 	ליידיק לענדער
Yoruba 	Awọn ilẹ ti o ṣofo
==References==
Category:Arda
Category:Continents
Category:Far Eastern Lands