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Beleriand was a vast region in northwestern Middle-earth during the First Age. Originally, its name referred only to the area around the Bay of Balar, but in time the name applied to the entire land. The root of its name, Beler or Balar, is believed to refer to the Maia Ossë, who often dwelt at the shores of Balar. The War of Wrath at the end of the First Age brought the destruction of the entire continent (except Lindon and several island realms), and its descent into the Sea.

Geography[]

To the west and south, Beleriand had a long coast with the Great Sea Belegaer; to the north were the highlands of Hithlum, Dorthonion, and hills of Himring; to the east the Blue Mountains reached nearly to the Sea. The land of Nevrast in the northwest was sometimes considered part of Beleriand.

Sirion, the chief river of Beleriand running north to south, divided the region into West Beleriand and East Beleriand. Crossing it east to west was a series of hills and a sudden drop in elevation known as Andram, the Long Wall. (The river sank into the ground at the Fens of Sirion, and re-emerged below the Andram at the Gates of Sirion.) To the east of the Long Wall, was the River Gelion with its six tributaries flowing from the Blue Mountains, in an area known as Ossiriand or the Land of Seven Rivers. The River Brithon and the River Nenning were the two lesser rivers of the western land of Falas.[1]

In the year FA 587, Beleriand was mostly destroyed by the War of Wrath of the Valar against Morgoth. Only a small section of Ossiriand remained, and was known as Lindon. In addition, fulfilling a prophecy, the graves of Túrin Turambar and Morwen also survived as the island Tol Morwen. Part of Dorthonion became Tol Fuin, and the Hill of Himring became Tol Himling. All of these together were known as the Western Isles.[2]

The final words of Galadriel to Treebeard at their parting at Isengard, "Not in Middle-earth, nor until the lands that lie under the wave are lifted up again. Then in the willow-meads of Tasarinan we may meet in the spring. Farewell!" suggests that Beleriand will be recovered from the Sea again, after the Dagor Dagorath, since it will be like Arda Unmarred but containing all the good things of Arda Marred.[3]

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Beleriand (marked) underlays Eriador according to The Atlas of Middle-earth

Etymology[]

The name Beleriand refers either to the continent's initial colonization by the Teleri, who had been ferried there upon the Isle of Balar, or to the land's great Bay of Balar, in accordance with the name's meaning in Sindarin, "land of Balar".

Beleriand had many emended different names in Tolkien's earlier writings (see: The History of Middle-earth): Broceliand, Broseliand, Golodhinand, Noldórinan, Geleriand, Bladorinand, Belaurien, Arsiriand, Lassiriand, and Ossiriand (which was later used as a name for a region of Beleriand).[4]

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Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Amharic ቤልሪየን
Arabic بيليرياند
Armenian Բելերիանդ
Belarusian Cyrillic Белеріанд
Bengali বেলেরিঅন্দ
Bulgarian Cyrillic Белерианд
Catalan Beleríand
Chinese (Hong Kong) 貝爾蘭
Danish Beleriand ("Balars Land")
Georgian ბელერიანდ
Greek Μπελέριαντ
Gujarati બેલેરીઅન્ડ
Hebrew בלריאנד
Hindi बेलेरिअन्द
Japanese ベレリアンド
Kannada ಬೇಲೇರಿಯಾನ್ಡ್
Kazakh Белеріанд (Cyrillic) Beleriand (Latin)
Korean 벨레리안드
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Бэлэрианд
Lithuanian Belerijand
Macedonian Cyrillic Белерианд
Marathi भेलेरिअन्द
Mongolian Cyrillic Белерианд
Nepalese बेलेरिया
Pashto بېلېریاند
Persian بلریاند
Punjabi ਬੈਲੇਰੀਂਡ
Russian Белерианд
Sanskrit बेलेरिअन्द्
Serbian Белерианд (Cyrillic) Beleriand (Latin)
Sinhalese බෙලෙරිඅඳ්
Tajik Cyrillic Белерианд
Tamil பெலேரியாண்ட
Telugu బేలేరియాను
Thai เบเลริอันด์
Ukrainian Cyrillic Белеріанд
Urdu بیلیریانڈ
Uzbek Белерианд (Cyrillic) Beleriand (Latin)
Yiddish בעלעריאַנד


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