"Middle-earth" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Middle Earth, q.v. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Middle Earth}} Middle Earth Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Middle-earth}} Middle-earth
  1. (fiction) The main setting of J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and other works. Categories (topical): Fiction Translations (fictional place on Earth where most of the stories of J. R. R. Tolkien are set): Միջերկիր (Miǰerkir) (Armenian), মাঝভূমি (majhbhumi) (Bengali), 中土大陸 (Chinese Mandarin), 中土大陆 (Zhōngtǔ dàlù) (Chinese Mandarin), Středozem [feminine] (Czech), Mez-Tero (Esperanto), Miðgarður [masculine] (Faroese), Keski-Maa (Finnish), Terre du Milieu [feminine] (French), შუახმელეთი (šuaxmeleti) (Georgian), Mittelerde [feminine] (German), Μέση Γη (Mési Gi) [feminine] (Greek), Középfölde (Hungarian), Miðgarður (Icelandic), Terra di Mezzo [feminine] (Italian), 中つ国 (Nakatsukuni) (alt: なかつくに) (Japanese), 가운데땅 (Gaundettang) (Korean), Śródziemie [neuter] (Polish), terra-média [feminine] (Portuguese), Средизе́мье (Sredizémʹje) [neuter] (Russian), Среднезе́мье (Srednezémʹje) [neuter] (Russian), Средьземе́лье (Sredʹzemélʹje) [neuter] (Russian), Stredozem [feminine] (Slovak), Tierra Media [feminine] (Spanish), Midgård (Swedish), Trung Địa (alt: 中地) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Middle-earth-en-name-oBllA6Un Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing Disambiguation of 'fictional place on Earth where most of the stories of J. R. R. Tolkien are set': 60 40
  2. Alternative form of Middle Earth: the Earth. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Middle Earth (extra: the Earth) Categories (topical): Fictional locations, J. R. R. Tolkien Synonyms: Middle Earth, Middle-Earth Derived forms: Middle-earther, Middle-earthian
    Sense id: en-Middle-earth-en-name-56RZ9vpd Disambiguation of Fictional locations: 41 59 Disambiguation of J. R. R. Tolkien: 36 64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 77

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.