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'''Eryn Lasgalen''' or '[[Wood of Greenleaves]]' was the new name chosen by [[Celeborn]] and [[Thranduil]] for the forest that had been known as [[Mirkwood]] for much of the [[Third Age]].<ref>{{App|Great}}</ref>
'''Eryn Lasgalen''' or '''Wood of Greenleaves''' was the new name chosen by [[Celeborn]] and [[Thranduil]] for the forest that had been known as [[Mirkwood]] for much of the [[Third Age]].<ref>{{App|Great}}</ref>


Its name is almost the same as the pre-Mirkwood name [[Mirkwood|Eryn Galen]] ("[[Mirkwood|Greenwood the Great]]"),<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> but with the addition of the [[Sindarin]] word ''[[las]]'' ("leaf").
Its name is almost the same as the pre-Mirkwood name [[Mirkwood|Eryn Galen]] ("[[Mirkwood|Greenwood the Great]]"),<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> but with the addition of the [[Sindarin]] word ''[[las]]'' ("leaf").

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Eryn Lasgalen or Wood of Greenleaves was the new name chosen by Celeborn and Thranduil for the forest that had been known as Mirkwood for much of the Third Age.[1]

Its name is almost the same as the pre-Mirkwood name Eryn Galen ("Greenwood the Great"),[2] but with the addition of the Sindarin word las ("leaf").

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