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The most important of Rohan's settlements and fortifications lay to the south of the Westemnet, where the [[White Mountains]] rose up from the plain. [[Helm's Deep]] was among these, and to the south-east was the seat of the [[Lord of the Mark|Lords of the Mark]], [[Edoras]] itself.
The most important of Rohan's settlements and fortifications lay to the south of the Westemnet, where the [[White Mountains]] rose up from the plain. [[Helm's Deep]] was among these, and to the south-east was the seat of the [[Lord of the Mark|Lords of the Mark]], [[Edoras]] itself.
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
''Emnet'' means "plain".
''Emnet'' means "plain" in [[Rohirric]].<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 778</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Eastemnet]]
*[[Eastemnet]]
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[[Category:Regions of Rohan]]
[[Category:Regions of Rohan]]

Revision as of 13:15, 14 October 2010

Westemnet was the westernmost grasslands of Rohan beyond Entwash that spread until the rivers Isen, marking the western part of the land of the Mark.

The most important of Rohan's settlements and fortifications lay to the south of the Westemnet, where the White Mountains rose up from the plain. Helm's Deep was among these, and to the south-east was the seat of the Lords of the Mark, Edoras itself.

Etymology

Emnet means "plain" in Rohirric.[1]

See also

References