Gelion

The river Gelion located on a map of Beleriand

The Gelion was a river in East Beleriand.

Location

The Gelion had two sources; the Little Gelion flowing from the hill of Himring and the Greater Gelion, flowing from the Blue Mountains. It then passed south, dividing Estolad to the west from Thargelion to the east, then was crossed by the old Dwarf-Road at Sarn Athrad. Finally, it passed into Ossiriand where it was fed by the rivers Ascar, Thalos, Legolin, Brilthor, Duilwen, and Adurant, which rose in the Blue Mountains.

Gelion then passed by Taur-im-Duinath and emptied into the Great Sea Belegaer and according to Karen Wynn Fonstad's The Atlas of Middle-earth, it was hundreds of miles in length and longer then the Sirion but not as deep and wide.

Etymology

Gelion was a Sindarin name of unspecified meaning.

Development

Late in his life, Tolkien decided to change the name "Gelion", writing down potential replacements of "Gelduin", "Gevilon", "Gevelon", "Duin Daer", and "Duin Dhaer".

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ጌልዮን
Arabic	غليون
Armenian	Գելիոն
Belarusian Cyrillic	Геліён
Bengali	গেলিওন
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Гелион
Chinese (Hong Kong)	蓋林河
Danish	Gelionfloden
Georgian	გელიონი
Greek	Γέλιον
Gujarati	ગેલીઅન
Hebrew	גליון
Hindi	जेलियन
Japanese	ゲリオン
Kannada	ಜೆಲಿಯನ್
Kazakh	Геліон (Cyrillic) Gelion (Latin)
Korean	겔리 온
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Гэлион
Macedonian Cyrillic	Гелион
Marathi	जेलियन
Mongolian Cyrillic	Гелион
Nepalese	जेलियन
Persian	گلیون
Russian	Гелион
Sanskrit	ङेलिओन्
Serbian	Гелион (Cyrillic) Gelion (Latin)
Sinhalese	ගෙලියන්
Tajik Cyrillic	Гелион
Tamil	கேலின்
Telugu	గెలియన్
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Ґеліон
Urdu	گالیون
Uzbek	Гелион (Cyrillic) Gelion (Latin)
Yiddish	געליאָן