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middle-earth

middle-earth is the alternative form of Middle Earth.

middle-earth is the alternative letter-case form of Middle-earth.

Meaning of Middle Earth

Proper noun

Middle Earth

  1. (archaic) The Earth.
    • And what you’ve not to do is this: bite no bit, and drink no drop, however hungry or thirsty you be; drink a drop, or bite a bit, while in Elfland you be and never will you see Middle Earth again.1890, Joseph Jacobs, “Childe Rowland”, in English Fairy Tales, pages 119–120
  2. (Norse) synonym for Midgard, the world of traditional Germanic cosmology, conceived as a realm between heaven (Asgard) and hell (Niflheim).

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Middle-Earth

Middle-Earth

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of Middle Earth.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Middle-earth.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Middle-earth

Middle-earth

  1. The main setting of J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and other works.
  2. (alternative) Alternative form of Middle Earth: the Earth.

Forms of middle-earth

alternative formMiddle Earth
alternative formMiddle-Earth

Origin of middle-earth

From Middle Earth, q.v.

Words formed from middle-earth

Questions about middle-earth

What does middle-earth mean?
Middle-earth means the main setting of J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and other works.
What is middle-earth the alternative form of?
Middle-earth is the alternative form of Middle Earth.
What part of speech is middle-earth?
Middle-earth is a proper noun.

Words near middle-earth in the dictionary

  1. middle-click
  2. middle-clicked
  3. middle-clicking
  4. middle-clicks
  5. middle-distance
  6. middle-earth
  7. Middle-earther
  8. Middle-earthers
  9. Middle-earthian
  10. Middle-earthians
  11. middle-end

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