Calenardhon

Calenardhon was the first name of the plains of Rohan, when it was still a part of the kingdom of Gondor. The name, in Sindarin, means 'the Green Region' or 'Green Province', and was an area of sparsely-populated grassy plains west of Anórien and north of the White Mountains.
In the west the Gap of Calenardhon was protected by the two fortresses of Angrenost and Aglarond, although in later centuries Dunlendings increasingly began to infiltrate Calenardhon unchecked. In the reign of Rómendacil II, forts were built at the Undeeps to protect the province from invasion across the Anduin. Never densely populated, the province was decimated by the Great Plague and remained mostly empty thereafter.
During the rule of the Steward Cirion, the province came under attack from the Balchoth. The forts at the Undeeps were repaired beforehand but Gondor lacked the men to garrison them fully and the invaders swiftly penetrated the defense. In order to drive back the Balchoth, Gondor called upon the Éothéod for aid; the horsemen, under Eorl the Young, were successful in vanquishing the enemy at the Battle of the Field of Celebrant.
After the battle, the Éothéod were ceded all of Calenardhon by Cirion in return for their perpetual assistance against mutual enemies, becoming the Rohirrim.The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Four, ch. V: "The Window on the West"The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers, II: "The House of Eorl"
==Etymology==
Calenardhon is a Sindarin word meaning 'Green region'.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ካሌናርዶን
Arabic 	كاليناردهون
Armenian 	Կալենարդոն
Assamese 	কেলেনাৰডন
Belarusian Cyrillic	Каленардон
Bengali 	কালেনারধোন
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Каленардон
Chinese 	卡蘭納宏
Georgian 	კალენარდონი
Greek 	Καλέναρντχον
Gujarati 	કાલેનાર્ધન
Hebrew 	קאלנארדון
Hindi 	कलेनर्धोन
Japanese 	カレナルゾン
Kannada 	ಕಲೆನಾರ್ಧನ್
Konkani 	कॅलेनार्डोन
Korean 	?
Macedonian Cyrillic	Каленардон
Malayalam 	കലനാർഡോൺ
Marathi 	कालेनार्धोन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Калэнардхон
Nepalese 	कलेनर्धोन
Persian 	کاله‌ناردون
Punjabi 	ਕੈਲੇਨਾਰਧੋਂ
Russian 	Каленардон
Sanskrit 	कैलेनार्डोन्
Serbian 	Каленардон (Cyrillic) Kalenardon (Latin)
Sinhalese 	කලෙනාර්ඩන්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Каленардон
Tamil 	கலேனார்தோன்
Tatar 	Каленардон
Thai 	คาเลนาร์ดอน
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Каленардон
Yiddish 	כּאַלענאַרדהאָן
==References==
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