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Belfalas was a coastal region located in southern Gondor.

History[]

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Ruins in Belfalas, shown in The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II

Belfalas was also home to an old Elf-haven called Edhellond which was founded before the end of the First Age by Nandor and Elven remnants of Doriath who did not wish to remain in Lindon due to their dislike of the Ñoldor still held by these Sindar Elves.

Belfalas formed part of Dor-en-Ernil, the "Land of the Prince". The Prince in question was the noble ruler of Dol Amroth, who lived at the city bearing his name. At the start of the second millennium of the Third Age, a certain Imrazôr the Númenórean lived in and ruled over the Belfalas. He married Mithrellas, a Silvan Elf of Lórien, and their son Galador became the first Prince of Dol Amroth.[2]

Its chief city was the Prince's residence of Dol Amroth. South of the Belfalas region lay a great bay, which was named after it, the Bay of Belfalas. The climate hovered near the moderate and the extreme with mild winters and hot, dry summers and the terrain consisted of scattered woodlands.

War of the Ring[]

During the War of the Ring, Belfalas was raided by the Corsairs of Umbar, and therefore sent only 700 men to help defend Minas Tirith, until Aragorn liberated the coast with the Grey Company, freeing the people of Gondor's southern fiefs to follow him north to relieve Minas Tirith.

Etymology[]

Belfalas is a name consisting of the word bêl ("steep, sheer"[3])[4] from a pre-Númenórean[5] language derived from Sindarin,[6] and the Sindarin word falas ("beach, strand;[7] surfline, seashore")[8].

See also[]

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Amharic ቤልፋላስ
Arabic بيلفالاس
Armenian Բելֆալաս
Assamese বেলফালাছ
Belarusian Cyrillic Белфалас
Bengali বেলফালাস
Bulgarian Cyrillic Белфалас
Chinese 贝尔法塔斯
Danish Belfalas ("Det Store Kystland")
Greek Μπελφαλασ
Gujarati બેલફાલસ
Hebrew בלפלאס
Hindi बेल्फ़लस
Japanese ベルファラス
Kannada ಬೆಲ್ಫಾಲಸ್
Kazakh Белфалас (Cyrillic) Belfalas (Latin)
Konkani बेलफालास
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Бэлфалас
Macedonian Cyrillic Белфалас
Marathi बेलफळस
Mongolian Cyrillic Белфалас
Nepalese बेलफालास
Pashto بېلفالاس
Persian بهلفالاس
Punjabi ਬੇਲ੍ਫ਼ਅਲਸ
Russian Бельфалас
Serbian Белфалас (Cyrillic) Belfalas (Latin)
Sinhalese බෙල්ෆාලස්
Tajik Cyrillic Белфалас
Telugu బీఫాలాస్
Thai เบลฟาลัส
Ukrainian Cyrillic Белфалас
Urdu بیلفلاس
Uzbek Белфалас (Cyrillic) Belfalas (Latin)
Yiddish בעלפאַלאַס


References[]

  1. The Atlas of Middle-earth, Thematic Maps, "Languages"
  2. Unfinished Tales, Part Two: The Second Age, IV: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn, and of Amroth King of Lórien"
  3. The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, "Unfinished index of The Lord of the Rings", pg. 18
  4. "bel" on eldamo.org
  5. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book, "Preface"
  6. Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor", pgs. 15-6
  7. Parma Eldalamberon 17, "Words, Phrases, and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", pgs. 73, 97
  8. Parma Eldalamberon 17, "Words, Phrases, and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", pg. 62
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