Dorwinion

Dorwinion, also known as Dor-Winion, was a land in the vales of the Celduin, northwest of the Sea of Rhûn, that was famous for its great gardens and as the home of the finest wines in all of Middle-earth.
== Description & inhabitants ==
Its fertile climate, temperate latitude, and close proximity to the Sea of RhûnThe Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "Wilderland" made Dorwinion an ideal location for an agrarian society. Its people were Middle Men, descendants of the Edain, and they had close ties to the Northmen of Dale in genealogy. Dorwinion has been speculated to be a kingdom, most notably ruled by the enigmatic king Bladorthin.
== History ==
Dorwinion was known quite well for its high-quality and widely enjoyed wines, even able to turn the alcohol-resistant Elves drunk. The realm existed at least as far back as the First Age.The History of Middle-earth, The Lays of Beleriand, "I. The Lay of the Children of Húrin: I. Túrin's Fostering" lines 223, 425
They were imported to the Elves of the Halls of Thranduil in Mirkwood,The Hobbit, Chapter IX: "Barrels Out of Bond" the Men of Dale and Lake-town, and the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain and of the Iron Hills. If Bladorthin (who demanded thrice-forged spears from Erebor smiths) was indeed a Dorwinion king, then the wine of his realm could have been traded with the Dwarves of Erebor in exchange for their superior weaponry. 
It is possible that from TA 550 to TA 1856 Dorwinion was part of the eastern territories of Gondor, the bounds of which extended to the Sea of Rhûn. However the province's northern boundaries are unclear and therefore it is not known whether Dorwinion was a part of the Reunited Kingdom.
==Etymology==
Dorwinion is a name in Sindarin meaning "Young-land country" or "Land of Gwinion".Parma Eldalamberon XVII, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", pg. 54 (entry S yrch) The name may possibly be derived from dôr ("land")The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, pgs. 370, 413 and gwinion ("young-land"), which contains the word gwein ("young")Parma Eldalamberon XVII, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", pg. 191 and the suffix -ion ("country").Parma Eldalamberon XVII, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", pg. 42Dorwinion on Eldamo.org
In relation to Dorwinion's Sindarin name, J.R.R. Tolkien stated in a note that this was "a testimony to the spread of Sindarin: in this case expectable since the cultivation of vines was not known originally to the Nandor or Avari".
==In other versions==
J.R.R. Tolkien once identified Dorwinion as being a place on Tol Eressëa in the Quenta Silmarillion of the 1930s.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Two: "Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings", VI. Quenta Silmarillion", pg. 338 This idea was scrapped in favor of placing Dorwinion in Wilderland or Rhûn.
In an annotation on Pauline Baynes's A Map of Middle-earth, Tolkien briefly changed Dorwinion's name to Mildor ("wine-land") before striking it out.A Map of Middle-earth
==In adaptations==
===The Lord of the Rings Minecraft Mod'===
In The Lord of the Rings Minecraft mod, Dorwinion is a realm of Men and Elves.
===The Lord of the Rings Online===
In the video game, The Lord of the Rings Online, Dorwinion is inhabited by Easterlings who had a trade relationship with Dale. After the Downfall of Barad-dûr, many Easterlings had fled Dorwinion, winding up as refugees in the Dale-lands.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዶርዊኒየን
Arabic 	ضوروينيون
Armenian 	Դորւինիոն
Belarusian Cyrillic	Дорўініон
Bengali 	দরউইনিওন
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Дорвинион
Burmese 	ဍောရ္ဝိနိဩန္
Chinese 	多溫尼安
Danish 	Dorwinion ("Vinlandet")
Dari 	دوروینیون
Georgian 	დორვინიონი
Greek 	Ντοργουίνιον
Gujarati 	દોરવાણીઓન
Hebrew 	דורוויניין
Hindi 	डोर्विनिओन
Irish Gaelic 	Talamh Fíon
Kannada 	ದೊರವಿನಿಯೋನ್
Kazakh 	Доруініон (Cyrillic) Dorwinion (Latin)
Korean 	도원
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Дорвинион
Macedonian Cyrillic	Дорвинион
Marathi 	डोर्विनिओन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Дорүинион
Nepalese 	डोर्विनिओन
Pashto 	ضوروینیون ?
Persian 	دوروینیون
Punjabi 	ਡੋਰ੍ਵਿਨਿਓਨ
Russian 	Дорвинион
Sanskrit 	डोर्विनिओन्
Scots Gaelic 	Fearann Fìon
Serbian 	Дорвинион (Cyrillic) Dorvinion (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ඩොර්විනිඔන්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Дорвинион
Tamil 	டொரவினின்
Telugu 	దుర్వినియోన్
Thai 	ดอร์วินิออน
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Дорвініон
Urdu 	دورونااون
Uzbek 	Дорвинион (Cyrillic) Dorvinion (Latin)
Yiddish 	דאָרוויניאָן
==References==
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