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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
Anfauglith means "By Gasping Dust" in [[Sindarin]]<ref name="Fall"/> (from ''[[an]]-'' = "with, by", ''[[faug]]'' = "thirsty, gasping",<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''faug''</ref> and ''[[lith]]'' = "ash, sand, dust"<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''lith''</ref>).
Anfauglith means "By Gasping Dust" in [[Sindarin]]<ref name="Fall"/> (from ''[[an]]-'' = "with, by", ''[[faug]]'' = "thirsty, gasping",<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''faug''</ref> and ''[[lith]]'' = "ash, sand, dust"<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''lith''</ref>).
Another name was '''Dor-nu-Fauglith''' translated as "Land under Choking Ash"<ref>{{S|Fingolfin}}</ref>


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Anfauglith
Plain/Desert
General Information
Other namesFormerly Ard-galen
LocationSouth of Ered Engrin, west of Ered Luin, north of March of Maedhros
TypePlain/Desert
DescriptionAn enormous, dry, dusty plain once fertile
RegionsMorgoth from Angband
People and History
InhabitantsUninhabited
EventsDagor Bragollach
GalleryImages of Anfauglith

Anfauglith was the charred desert to the north of Beleriand, created by the fires of Thangorodrim during the Dagor Bragollach ("Battle of Sudden Flame") in F.A. 455. It was originally the green plain of Ard-galen.[1] Anfauglith remained barren until after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, when one hill, the Haudh-en-Ndengin or "Hill of Slain", again was covered with long green grass.[2]

It was upon Anfauglith that Morgoth assembled his whole power in the War of Wrath yet they were conquered by the hosts of the West.[3]

Etymology

Anfauglith means "By Gasping Dust" in Sindarin[1] (from an- = "with, by", faug = "thirsty, gasping",[4] and lith = "ash, sand, dust"[5]).

Another name was Dor-nu-Fauglith translated as "Land under Choking Ash"[6]

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