No [[legendarium]] de [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s [[legendarium]], os '''Dúnedain''' (singular: '''Dúnadan''', "home do oeste") eran una raza ficticia dos [[Home (Terra Media)|homes]] descendente dos [[Númenóreano|Númenóreanos]] que sobreviviran o afundimento da illa do seu reino e que emigraran a [[Eriador]], na [[Terra Media]] liderados por [[Elendil]] e mais os seus fillos, [[Isildur]] e [[Anárion]]. Coñecíaselles tamén como os ''Homes do Oeste'' e ''Homes de Westernesse'' (traducións directas do vocábulo [[Sindarin]]). Asentáronse principalmente en [[Arnor]] e [[Gondor]].
O nome [[Oestron]] para ''Dúnadan'' era sinxelamente ''Adûn'', "habitante do oeste", mais este termo non adoitaba empregarse. Este Thisnome namereservábase waspara reservedos toNúmenóreanos thoseque Númenóreansmantiñam whoamizade werecos friendly to the Elves[[elfo|elfos]]s: theos otherdemais, hostilesobreviventes survivorshostís ofdo the Downfallcataclismo, wererecibían knowno asnome thede [[BlackNúmenóreanos NúmenóreansNegros]].
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==HistoryHistoria==
TheOs Dúnedain weredescendían descendeddos fromamigos thedos Elf-friendselfos, theo fewreducido Mengrupo ofde thehomes Firstda Age[[Primeira whoIdade]] sidedque withse thepuxeron do lado dos Elfos [[Noldor]]in Elves inen [[Beleriand]]. Their original leader was [[Elros]], a half-Elf. They were given [[Númenor]] as a homeland by the [[Vala (Middle-earth)|Valar]] at the start of the Second Age and later created fortress-cities along the western coasts of Middle-earth which dominated the lesser men of these areas. In time, Númenor was drowned and a small number of the Faithful (led by Elendil) escaped the destruction.
Sauron's spirit fled from Númenor to Middle-earth, and he again raised mighty armies to challenge the new Dúnedain kingdoms, Gondor and Arnor. With the aid of [[Gil-galad]] and the Elves, Sauron was defeated, and he vanished into the wild East for many centuries. Gondor and Arnor prospered during this time.
