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Dates
Originated in Númenor during the Second Age; in use in Middle-earth at least during the early days of the Two Kingdoms1
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Pronunciation
laa'r (where 'aa' represents a long a sound)
Meaning
'Stop' or 'pause' (that is, the lár was the distance between rest stops for a marching army)
Other names
Daur; closely equivalent to a league (three miles)2
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LárThe Númenórean ‘league’A measure of distance devised and used by the Númenóreans, also known by the Sindarin name of a daur. The word originally meant 'stop' or 'pause', and indicated the point where a marching column would break for a rest. The lár was defined as 5,000 rangar, or 'strides', and conveniently corresponds to a distance of almost exactly three miles, or one league. Notes
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