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Mirkwood
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English
Etymology
From 1 en non Myrkviðr murky wood; dark wood; black forest, as anglicised by William Morris and later adopted by J. R. R. Tolkien. Direct derivatives of the name occur as place names in Sweden and Norway.
Proper noun
en mythology Any of several European forests in Germanic mythology.