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<b>Sunlending</b> is the name used by the [[Rohirrim]] of the land of <b>[[Anórien]]</b>, 'Sun-land'. It is mentioned in the song <i>From dark Dunharrow in the dim morning</i>, l. 15 (LoTR III, book V, ch. 3):
:''Not to be confounded with: '''[[Sunlands]]''', the name of [[Harad]] in the [[Westron|Common Speech]]''
 
'''Sunlending''' was the name used by the [[Rohirrim]] of the land of ''[[Anórien]]'', 'Sun-land'. It is mentioned in the song ''From dark Dunharrow in the dim morning'', l. 15: "''six thousand spears to Sunlending''".<ref>{{RK|V3}}</ref>
:<i>six thousand spears to Sunlending</i>
 
J.R.R. Tolkien admonished in the [[Nomenclature]] (s.v. <i>Sunlending</i>, [[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion|Reader's Companion]], p. 776) that the name does not refer to the climate, but is rather 'heraldic', as Anórien was immediately attached to [[Minas Anor]] and thus is connected to the name and the emblem of [[Anárion]], son of [[Isildur]].
 
N.B. Sunlending is not to be confounded with [[Sunlands]], the name of [[Harad]] in the folklore of the [[hobbits]].


The name ''Sunlending'' did not refer to the climate, but was rather 'heraldic', as Anórien was immediately attached to [[Minas Anor]]. ''Sunlending'' was thus connected to the name and the emblem of [[Anárion]], brother of [[Isildur]].<ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 776</ref>
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Not to be confounded with: Sunlands, the name of Harad in the Common Speech

Sunlending was the name used by the Rohirrim of the land of Anórien, 'Sun-land'. It is mentioned in the song From dark Dunharrow in the dim morning, l. 15: "six thousand spears to Sunlending".[1]

The name Sunlending did not refer to the climate, but was rather 'heraldic', as Anórien was immediately attached to Minas Anor. Sunlending was thus connected to the name and the emblem of Anárion, brother of Isildur.[2]

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