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The Great West Road was originally part of the Royal Road linking Gondor to the Northern-kingdom of Arnor. It ran between Minas Tirith and the Fords of Isen in the Gap of Rohan, where it became known as the North-South Road to Arnor. The Great West Road was approximately 425 miles long.[1]
Geography[]
At its far eastern end, the Great West Road met the North-way which came from Minas Tirith through Forannest, the North-gate of the Rammas Echor. The Great West Road then curved around Amon Dîn and ran westward through Anórien. The Road skirted the edge of the Drúadan Forest and passed the beacon hills of Gondor at the foot of the White Mountains.[1]
The Great West Road then ran through the edge of the Firien wood to avoid the marshy land north of the forest. A path marked by a standing stone branched southward off the Road to Halifirien, the last of the Beacon-hills. At the western edge of the Firien Wood, the Great West Road crossed a bridge over the Mering Stream, which was the border between Gondor and Rohan.[1]
In Rohan, the Great West Road passed through the Fenmarch and the regions of the Eastfold and the Folde. The Road traversed the Snowbourn by way of a ford near Edoras, and a track branched off to the city. Further on, the Deeping-road branched off into the Deeping Coomb where Helm's Deep was located.[1]
The Great West Road then curved north-westward for a ways. About two miles before the Fords of Isen there was a sharp westward turn and the Road ran straight down to the riverbank. On the other side of the Isen, the North-South Road began. A branch road led north to Isengard.[1]
In the early days of Gondor, the Great West Road and the North-South Road formed a single Royal Road between the two Kingdoms of the Dúnedain. At that time, the region between the Mering Stream and the Fords of Isen was a province of Gondor called Calenardhon. In TA 2510, that land became Rohan and the Rohirrim were responsible for maintaining the stretch of the Great West Road that ran through their land.[1]
During the War of the Ring, an army from Mordor crossed the Anduin into Anórien and blocked the Great West Road. They dug trenches and erected stakes in the roadway with the purpose of preventing the Rohirrim from coming to Minas Tirith. But Ghân-buri-Ghân led the Rohirrim by a forgotten way through the Stonewain Valley and by-passed the enemy forces. The Rohirrim arrived at the Pelennor Fields at dawn on March 15, TA 3019, and helped win the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.[1]
The North-South Road and the Great West Road were collectively called the Royal Road or Great Road. (The Great East Road was also referred to as the Great Road.)[1]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Groot Wes-pad |
| Albanian | Rruga e Madhe Perëndimore |
| Amharic | ታላቅ የምእራብ መንገድ |
| Arabic | طريق الغرب العظمى |
| Armenian | Մեծ Արևմտյան Ճանապարհ |
| Azerbaijani | Böyük Qərb yolu |
| Basque | Mendebaldeko errepide handia |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Вялікая заходняя дарога |
| Bengali | গ্রেট পশ্চিম রাস্তা |
| Bhojpuri | ग्रेट वेस्ट रोड के बा |
| Bosnian | Velika Zapadni Put |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Велико Западен Път |
| Burmese | အနောက်ဘက်လမ်းကြီး |
| Cambodian | ផ្លូវធំខាងលិច |
| Catalan | Gran Camí de l'Oest |
| Cebuano | Gran Dalan sa Kasadpan |
| Corsican | Grande Strada à Punente |
| Croatian | Velika Zapadna Cesta |
| Czech | Velká Západní Cesta |
| Danish | Storvestvej |
| Dutch | Grote Westenweg |
| Esperanto | Granda Okcidenta Vojo |
| Estonian | Suur Lääne tee |
| Faroese | Stór Vestvegurin |
| Filipino | Mahusay na kanlurang kalsada |
| Finnish | Suuri lännentie |
| French | Grande Route de l'Ouest |
| Galician | Gran Estrada do Oeste |
| Georgian | დიდი დასავლეთის გზა |
| German | Große Weststraße |
| Greek | Μεγάλη Δυτικός Δρόμος |
| Gujarati | ગ્રેટ વેસ્ટ રોડ |
| Hebrew | הגדולה כביש מערבי |
| Hindi | ग्रेट वेस्ट रोड |
| Hungarian | Nagy nyugati út |
| Icelandic | Stóri Vesturvegur |
| Indonesian | Jalan Besar Barat |
| Irish Gaelic | An Bóthar Mór Thiar |
| Italian | GrandVia e Ovest |
| Japanese | グレート ウェスト ロード |
| Javanese | Jalan Raya Barat |
| Kannada | ಗ್ರೇಟ್ ವೆಸ್ಟ್ ರಸ್ತೆ |
| Kazakh | Үлкен Батыс жолы (Cyrillic) Ülken Batıs jolı (Latin) |
| Korean | 그레이트 웨스트 로드 |
| Kurdish | ڕێگای ڕۆژئاوای مەزن (Sorani) Riya Rojava ya Mezin (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Улуу Батыш жолу |
| Laotian | ເສັ້ນທາງຕາເວັນຕົກທີ່ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ |
| Latin | Magna Via Occidens |
| Latvian | Lielā Rietumu ceļš |
| Lithuanian | Didžioji Vakarinis kelias |
| Luxembourgish | Grouss Westlech Strooss |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Голем Западен Пат |
| Maithili | ग्रेट पश्चिम सड़क |
| Malagasy | Lalana Andrefana Lehibe |
| Malayalam | ഗ്രേറ്റ് വെസ്റ്റ് റോഡ് |
| Malaysian | Jalan Barat Besar |
| Marathi | ग्रेट पश्चिम रस्ता |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Их Баруун зам |
| Nepalese | ग्रेट पश्चिम सडक |
| Norwegian | Storvestvei |
| Pashto | لوی لویدیز سړک |
| Persian | جاده بزرگ غربی |
| Polish | Wielki Droga Zachodni |
| Portuguese | Grande Estrada Oeste |
| Punjabi | ਗ੍ਰੇਟ ਪੱਛਮੀ ਸੜਕ |
| Romanian | Drumul Marea Vest |
| Russian | Великая Западная Дорога |
| Sanskrit | महान् पश्चिममार्गः |
| Serbian | Велики Западни Пут (Cyrillic) Veliki Zapadni Put (Latin) |
| Sindhi | وڏو اولهه وارو رستو |
| Sinhalese | මහා බටහිර මාර්ගය |
| Slovak | Veľká Západná Cesta |
| Slovenian | Velika zahodna cesta |
| Spanish | Gran Camino del Oeste |
| Swahili | Barabara Kubwa Magharibi |
| Swedish | Stor västravägen |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Роҳи Кабир Ғарб |
| Tamil | பெரிய மேற்கு சாலை |
| Tatar | Зур Көнбатыш юлы |
| Telugu | గొప్ప పశ్చిమ రహదారి |
| Thai | ถนนเกรทเวสต์ |
| Turkish | Büyük Batı yolu |
| Turkmen | Uly Günbatar ýoly |
| Ukrainian Cyrillc | Велика західна дорога |
| Urdu | عظیم مغربی سڑک |
| Uzbek | Буюк Ғарбий йўл (Cyrillic) Buyuk G'arbiy yo'l (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Đại khủng lộ Tây |
| Welsh | Ffordd Fawr Gorllewin |
| Yoruba | Nla Iwọ Oòrùn Opopona |
| Yiddish | גרויס מערב וועג |