Kalimban

Kalimban was a region in the north of the Great Lands, in earlier versions of J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium.
==History==
The people of Kalimban, the Kalimbardi, were known as savage barbarians, hostile to the Elves and Men of Leithian."Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon" in Parma Eldalamberon, n. XII
==Etymology==
The word Kalimban means "barbary" in Qenya.
==Background==
Kalimban was conceived as a mythical representation of . The unflattering association between Germany and Barbary was justified by enmity between and during .John Garth, Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth In fact, J.R.R. Tolkien originally had started the creation of the legendarium with the intent to build a proper British mythology. Thus, for the earlier versions of his myths, he drew largely from British history.
==References==
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