Near Harad was a large region of the land of Harad southeast of Gondor.
To the North, the Men of Gondor and Haradrim regularly skirmished over the territory labelled on the maps as South Gondor. Near Harad bordered Khand to the east, although that boundary was not described by J.R.R. Tolkien. Far Harad was located south of Near Harad.
The majority of Near Harad was a desert, described by Gollum as where the "yellow face is bright and terrible". In the southeast, a natural gulf fed far into the landmass, and a large river flowed inland from there to the northwest, later forking. One branch of the river flowed westwards towards Umbar, the other branch flowed northeast. Neither the gulf nor the rivers were given names by Tolkien[1]. Although no cities or permanent dwellings of the Haradrim were described by Tolkien, it is presumable they were located near these rivers, where the climate may have been milder and where they could make use of the natural irrigation.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Naby Harad |
| Albanian | Afër Harad |
| Amharic | ሐራድ አጠገብ |
| Arabic | قريب هاراد |
| Armenian | Հարադի մոտ |
| Azerbaijani | Harad yaxınlığında |
| Basque | Harad hurko |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Блізкага Харада |
| Bengali | হার্ড কাছে |
| Bosnian | Bliski Harad |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Близко Харад |
| Catalan | A Prop Harad |
| Chinese | 近哈拉德 |
| Cornish | Ogas Harad |
| Croatian | Blizu Harad |
| Czech | Blízký Harad |
| Danish | Nære Harad |
| Dutch | Nabij Harad |
| Esperanto | Proksime de Harad |
| Estonian | Haradi lähedal |
| Faroese | Undir liđini á Harad |
| Filipino | Malapit na Harad |
| Finnish | Etu-Harad |
| French | Proche-Harad |
| Frisian | Tichteby Harad |
| Galician | Próximo Harad |
| Georgian | ჰარადის მახლობლად |
| German | Nah-Harad |
| Greek | Κοντά Χαραδ |
| Gujarati | હારાડ નજીક |
| Haitian Creole | Bò Harad |
| Hausa | Kusa Harad |
| Hawaiian | Kokoke Harad |
| Hebrew | בְּסָמוּך חאראד |
| Hindi | हरद के पास |
| Hungarian | Harad közelében |
| Icelandic | Nálægt Harad |
| Indonesian | Dekat Harad |
| Irish Gaelic | In aice le Harad |
| Italian | Vicino Harad |
| Japanese | 近ハラド |
| Javanese | Cedhak Harad |
| Kannada | ಹರಾದ್ ಸಮೀಪ |
| Korean | 근처에 하라드 |
| Latin | Prope Harad |
| Latvian | Netālu no Harad |
| Lithuanian | Netoli Harad |
| Luxembourgish | No-Harad |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Во близина на Харад |
| Malagasy | Akaiky Harad |
| Malaysian | Berhampiran Harad |
| Maltese | Qrib Harad |
| Manx | Harad Wass ? |
| Maori | Tata Harad |
| Marathi | हाराद जवळ |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Харад ойр |
| Nepalese | हरद नजिकै |
| Norwegian | Nær Harad |
| Polish | Harad bliski |
| Portuguese | Perto de Harad |
| Punjabi | ਹਾਰਡ ਦੇ ਨੇੜੇ |
| Romanian | Haradul Apropiat |
| Russian | Ближнего Харада |
| Samoan | Latalata Harad |
| Scottish Gaelic | Faisg Harad |
| Serbian | Близу Харад (Cyrillic) Blizu Harad (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | හරද් අසල |
| Slovak | Blízko Haradu |
| Slovenian | Blizu Harad |
| Spanish | Cercano Harad |
| Swahili | Karibu na Harad |
| Swedish | Främre Harad- from Tolkiens Arda (a Swedish Tolkien Society) |
| Tahitian | Fatata i te Harad |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Дар наздикии Харад |
| Tamil | ஹராத் அருகே |
| Telugu | హరాద్ దగ్గర |
| Thai | ฮารัดใกล้ |
| Tongan | Harad Ofi |
| Turkish | Yakın Harad |
| Turkmen | Harad Ýakyn |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Ближнього Гарад |
| Urdu | قریب حرض |
| Uzbek | Ҳарад яқинида (Cyrillic) Harad yaqinida (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Gần Harad |
| Welsh | Agos Harad |
| Xhosa | Kufuphi naseHarad |
| Yiddish | נאָענט חאַראַד |
| Yoruba | Nitosi Harad |
| Yucatec Maya | Náats' Harad |
| Zulu | Eduze Harad |
References[]
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, "Introduction"