Lossarnach

Location of Lossarnach in Middle-earth (marked in red)

Lossarnach, also named Vale of Flowers, was a fertile region and fiefdom in Southern Gondor south of the White Mountains. It was the region closest to Minas Tirith.

Description

Lossarnach was located southwest of Minas Tirith and directly east of Lebennin. The Anduin river bordered its southern and eastern sides, while it met the White Mountains at its northern end. The climate hovered near the moderate and the extreme with mild winters and hot, dry summers and the terrain consisted of scattered woodlands on undulating lowlands.

History

At the end of the Third Age, its lord was Forlong "the Fat", who led two hundred men to the aid of the city. Forlong was killed in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, but many of his men survived and accompanied Aragorn II Elessar on his way to the Black Gate, even though most of them were farmers.

Lossarnach was populated by many refugees from Ithilien and Osgiliath. During the War of the Ring, most women and children from Minas Tirith were sent there. Famous denizens of Lossarnach included the wise-woman Ioreth who served in the Houses of Healing of Minas Tirith, and Morwen Steelsheen, wife of King Thengel of Rohan.

Etymology

Lossarnach was likely a combination of loss, the Sindarin word for snow, and arnach, of Mannish origin.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Arabic	لوسسارناچه
Armenian	Լոսսարնաճ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Лоссарнач
Bengali	লোসারনাচ
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Лоссарнач
Georgian	ლოსარნახი
Greek	Λοσσάρνακ
Gujarati	લોસાનોચ
Hebrew	לוססארנאשה ?
Hindi	ळोस्सर्नछ
Kannada	ಲೊಸಾರ್ನಾಚ್
Kazakh	Лоссарнацһ (Cyrillic) Lossarnach (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Лоссарнацh
Macedonian Cyrillic	Лоссарнач
Marathi	लॉसर्नच
Mongolian Cyrillic	Лоссарнач
Nepalese	ळोस्सर्नछ
Persian	لوسسارناچه
Punjabi	ਲੋਸ੍ਨਨਾਚ
Russian	Лоссарнах
Serbian	Лоссарнацх (Cyrillic) Lossarnach (Latin)
Sinhalese	ළොස්සර්නඡ්
Tajik Cyrillic	Лоссарначҳ
Tamil	லோசார்நாத்
Telugu	లొస్సరఞ్చ
Thai	ฬโซซะรนะจห ?
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Лоссарнах
Urdu	لعثسآرنچ