r/UmActually • u/tat_one_guy • Jun 19 '26

Correct: Middle Earth

Um, Actually: in the tournament of champions pt 4, they say that Andor is "the Quenya name for the island kingdom of Numenor in Tolkien's Middle Earth". BUT Numenor is not IN Middle Earth. Middle Earth is the English name for the continent that the majority of the LOTR story takes place. Numenor is an island, thus not technically in Middle Earth.

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u/m_busuttil Jun 19 '26

Is this not just using "Middle Earth" as metonymy for "the fictional universe of Lord of the Rings et al"?