Map of Arnor
The Dúnedain of Arnor were one of the two great divisions of the descendants of the Númenóreans living in Middle-earth (the other being the Men of Gondor in the South-kingdom).
History
Aragorn II Chieftain of the Dúnedain of Arnor, and Isildur's Heir
Before the foundation of Arnor, there was already a sizable Númenórean population living in Eriador, a result of the slow emigration of Númenóreans which had started under Tar-Meneldur and Tar-Aldarion. The region was home to Middle Men of Edain stock, and the early colonists soon interbred with the indigenous population. Elendil and his people were aided by High King of the Noldor Gil-galad and his people, and his ships sailed up the Lune river.
The North-kingdom of Arnor was founded by the High King of the Dúnedain, Elendil and its chief city Dúnedain was originally meant to be the capital of the Númenórean Realms in Exile. The Dúnedain of this land were ruled for centuries by the descendants of Elendil's eldest son Isildur.
After Isildur's death in TA 2, Arnor was ruled by his direct descendants, beginning with his youngest surviving son, Valandil. Before the end of the one-thousand years of the Third Age, the land of Arnor fell into dispute between the sons of King Eärendur. Afterwards the Dúnedain who lived there became divided into three realms: Arthedain, Cardolan and Rhudaur. One by one, these kingdoms fell to war, plague, and assaults by the evil-realm of Angmar and finally ended in TA 1975 with the death of its last King Arvedui. The last of the Dúnedain of Arnor had become a dwindled and wandering people known as the Rangers of the North.
Nonetheless, the line of Isildur was maintained through the Chieftain of the Rangers of the North. Aragorn II was Isildur's Heir through thirty-nine generations, and it was he who reunited the Kingdoms of the Dúnedain after three thousand years of separation.[1]
Translations
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Dúnedain van Arnor |
| Albanian | Dúnedain i Arnorit |
| Arabic | دوندين من أرنور |
| Armenian | Դունեդաին Արնոր |
| Azerbaijani | Arnor'dan Dúnedain |
| Basque | Arnor de Dúnedain |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Дунэдайн з Арнор |
| Bengali | আর্নোর এর ডুনেদাইন |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Дюнеайн от Арнор |
| Catalan | Dúnedain d'Àrnor |
| Cebuano | Dúnedain sa Arnor |
| Cornish | Dúnedain a Arnor |
| Corsican | Dúnedain di Arnor |
| Croatian | Dúnedain od Arnora |
| Czech | Dúnadani z Arnora |
| Danish | Dúnedain af Arnor |
| Dutch | Dúnedain van Arnor |
| Esperanto | Dúnedain de Arnor |
| Estonian | Arnori Dúnedain |
| Faroese | Dúnedain av Arnor |
| Fijian | Dúnedain ni Arnor |
| Filipino | Dúnedain ng Arnor |
| Finnish | Pohjoisen dúnedain |
| French | Dúnedain du Arnor |
| Frisian | Dúnedain fan Arnor |
| Galician | Dúnedain de Arnor |
| Georgian | არნორის დუნდელი |
| German | Dúnedain von Arnor |
| Greek | Ντουνεντάιν του Αρνορ |
| Haitian Creole | Dúnedain nan Arnor |
| Hawaiian | Dúnedain o Arnor |
| Hebrew | דונאדין של ארנור |
| Hindi | अर्नेर के ड्यूनडैन |
| Hmong | Dúnedain ntawm Arnor |
| Icelandic | Dúnedain af Arnor |
| Igbo | Dúnedain nke Arnor |
| Indonesian | Dúnedain dari Arnor |
| Irish Gaelic | Dúnedain na Arnor |
| Italian | Dúnedain di Arnor |
| Japanese | アルノールのドゥーネダイン |
| Kazakh Cyrillic | Арнор келген Дұнедаін ? |
| Korean | 아르노의 뒤 네드 인 |
| Kurdish | Dúnedain ji Arnor (Latin) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Арнор Дунэдаин |
| Laotian | ດນເດະິນຂອງາຣນໂຣ |
| Latin | Dúnedain et Arnor |
| Latvian | Arnoras dunedīns |
| Luxembourgish | Dúnedain vun Arnor |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Дунедаин од Арнор |
| Malagasy | Dúnedain ny Arnor |
| Malay | Dúnedain daripada Arnor |
| Maltese | Dúnedain ta 'Arnor |
| Maori | Dúnedain o Arnor |
| Marathi | आर्नोर ड्यूडेनइन |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Арнор Дунэдаин |
| Norwegian | Dúnedain av Arnor |
| Occitan | Dúnedain de Arnor |
| Persian | دونداین از آرنور |
| Polish | Dúnedainowie z Arnor |
| Portuguese | Dúnedain de Arnor |
| Punjabi | ਅਰਨਰ ਦੀ ਡੁਡਡੇਨ |
| Romanian | Dúnedain de Arnor |
| Russian | Дунедайн Арнора |
| Samoan | Dúnedain o Arnor |
| Serbian | Дунедаин оф Арнор ? (Cyrillic) Dúnedain od Arnor (Latin) |
| Sesotho | Dúnedain ea Arnor |
| Scottish Gaelic | Dúnedain de Arnor |
| Sinhalese | ආර්නර්හි ඩුනේඩේන් |
| Slovak | Dúnedain z Arnor |
| Spanish | Dúnedain de Arnor |
| Swahili | Dúnedain ya Arnor |
| Swedish | Dúnedain av Arnor |
| Tagalog | Dúnedain ng Arnor |
| Tahitian | Dúnedain o te Arnor |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Дунедаин аз Арнор |
| Tamil | ஆர்னரின் டூனிடெய்ன் |
| Telugu | అర్నర్ యొక్క డునెదైన |
| Thai | ดูเนไดน์ของอาร์นอร์ |
| Tongan | Dúnedain 'o e Arnor |
| Turkish | Arnor'un Dúnedain |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Дунедайн з Арнора |
| Uzbek | Арнор Дуннедаин (Cyrillic) Arnor Dunnedain (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Dúnedain của Arnor |
| Welsh | Dúnedain o Arnor |
| Xhosa | Dúnedain kaArnor |
| Yiddish | דúנעדאַין פון אַרנאָר |
| Yucatec Maya | Dúnedain u Arnor |
References
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iii): "Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur"