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| description=quite fertile, with the lake of [[Nurnen]] in the middle of it
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| etymology="lament" in [[Sindarin]]
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'''Nurn''' was the name given to the southern regions of [[Mordor]], more fertile than [[Gorgoroth]] in the north, in which the great inland sea of [[Núrnen]] lay.  The people who inhabited Nurn were [[Men]], and there also may have been prisoners of war there as well.  These people were enslaved by [[Sauron]], working the soil around the sea of Nurn to feed Sauron's armies.   
'''Nurn''' was the name given to the southern regions of [[Mordor]], more fertile than [[Plateau of Gorgoroth|Gorgoroth]] in the north, in which the great inland [[Sea of Núrnen]] lay.<ref>{{FR|Map}}</ref> The people who inhabited Nurn were [[Men]] and there may have been prisoners of war there as well.  These people were enslaved by [[Sauron]], working the soil around the sea of Nurn to feed Sauron's armies.   


After the [[War of the Ring]], [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]] liberated the peoples of Nurn and giving them the land as their own. The southern region of Nurn probably escaped the destruction caused in northern Mordor by the eruption of Mount Doom.
After the [[War of the Ring]], King [[Aragorn|Elessar]] liberated the peoples of Nurn and gave them the land as their own. The southern region of Nurn probably escaped the destruction caused in northern Mordor by the eruption of [[Orodruin|Mount Doom]].<ref>{{RK|VI5}}</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The name Nurn means "lament" in [[Sindarin]]. Nurnen means "sad water."
''Nurn'', appearing in the compound ''[[Sea of Núrnen#Etymology|Núrnen]]'' ("sad-water"), apparently means "sad" in [[Sindarin]].<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 457</ref><ref>{{UT|Index}}, ''Núrnen''</ref>
 
==Portrayal in adaptions==
'''2014: [[Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor]]:'''
:Nurn is featured in the game.


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Revision as of 04:48, 18 January 2017

Nurn
Region
Mark Fisher - Nurn.gif
General Information
LocationSouthern Mordor
TypeRegion
Descriptionquite fertile, with the lake of Nurnen in the middle of it
RegionsMordor
InhabitantsOrcs, Men
GalleryImages of Nurn

Nurn was the name given to the southern regions of Mordor, more fertile than Gorgoroth in the north, in which the great inland Sea of Núrnen lay.[1] The people who inhabited Nurn were Men and there may have been prisoners of war there as well. These people were enslaved by Sauron, working the soil around the sea of Nurn to feed Sauron's armies.

After the War of the Ring, King Elessar liberated the peoples of Nurn and gave them the land as their own. The southern region of Nurn probably escaped the destruction caused in northern Mordor by the eruption of Mount Doom.[2]

Etymology

Nurn, appearing in the compound Núrnen ("sad-water"), apparently means "sad" in Sindarin.[3][4]

Portrayal in adaptions

2014: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor:

Nurn is featured in the game.

References