Middle-earth definition

Etymology

From , from , anglicized from , itself from , combined from and . Cognate with Danish and Swedish , Norwegian or . The term represents an old Germanic name for our world, the places inhabited by humans, with the literal meaning "middle enclosure".

Proper noun

The realm of mankind in Old English mythology.
The realm of the mankind or the planet Earth in Heathenry, used as an alternative to the Norse Midgard.
The name for a continent in Tolkien's fictional world, Arda.