haradwaith

proper name. South-folk, the Harad

Another name for the lands of the South (LotR/1045, UT/383), a combination of harad “south” and gwaith “people, region”.

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, the name N. Haradwaith was also used for the People of the South (TI/434) as well as “Sutherland” (TI/304).

Elements

Word	Gloss
harad	“south”
gwaith	“people; region, people, [ᴱN.] men, folk; [N.] manhood; man-power, troop of able bodied men, host, regiment; [S.] region”