The Western Isles referred to the three islands off the coast of Lindon in Middle-earth. They are Tol Morwen, Himling, and Tol Fuin.
Tol Fuin was the largest of isles with Tol Morwen and Himling being relatively smaller. Himling and Tol Fuin were relatively close to one another, while Tol Morwen was about one-hundred and fifty miles southwest of the other two islands.[1][2]
History
The Western Isles had not always been islands, and were once significant well-known places in Beleriand before it sunk under the waves at the end of the First Age. Tol Morwen was the location of the Stone of the Hapless that marked graves of Morwen Eledhwen, and her son Túrin Turambar. Himling had been Himring, the realm of the eldest of the Sons of Fëanor Maedhros. Tol Fuin was a part of the highlands of Dorthonion that were later renamed Taur-nu-Fuin.
After the War of Wrath and the loss of the Beleriand, the Western Isles were refugee locations where for a time many of the Noldor, Sindarin Elves, and the Edain stayed until departing for the Undying Lands and Númenor. The Western Isles were not known to have ever been inhabited permanently for the rest of the Second Age, the Third Age, and beyond.
Translations around the world
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Westelike Eilande |
| Albanian | Ishujt Perëndimor |
| Amharic | ምዕራባዊ ደሴቶች |
| Arabic | الجزر الغربية |
| Armenian | Արեւմտյան կղզիներ |
| Azerbaijani | Qərb adaları |
| Basque | Mendebaldeko uharteak |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Заходнія астравы |
| Bengali | পশ্চিমা দ্বীপপুঞ্জ |
| Bosnian | Zapadni ostrva |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Западните острови |
| Catalan | Illes Occidentals |
| Cebuano | Kasadpan nga mga isla |
| Chinese | 西部岛屿 |
| Croatian | Zapadni otoci |
| Czech | Západní ostrovy |
| Danish | Vestlige Øer |
| Dutch | Westelijke Eilanden |
| Esperanto | Okcidentaj Insuloj |
| Estonian | Lääne saared |
| Faroese | Vesturoyggjar |
| Finnish | Länsi-saaret |
| French | Îles Occidentales |
| Galician | Illas Occidentais |
| Georgian | დასავლეთი კუნძულები |
| German | Westliche Inseln |
| Greek | Δυτικές Νήσους |
| Gujarati | પશ્ચિમી ટાપુઓ |
| Hausa | Yamma Tsibirin ? |
| Hebrew | איי המערב |
| Hindi | पश्चिमी द्वीप समूह |
| Hungarian | Nyugati szigetek |
| Icelandic | Vestur Eyjar |
| Indonesian | Pulau-pulau barat |
| Irish Gaelic | Oileáin an iarthair |
| Italian | Isole Occidentali |
| Japanese | 西部諸島 |
| Kannada | ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು |
| Kazakh | Батыс аралдары (Cyrillic) Batıs araldarı (Latin) |
| Korean | 서부 제도 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Батыш аралдары |
| Latin | Occidentalibus insulis |
| Latvian | Rietumu salas |
| Lithuanian | Vakarų salų |
| Luxembourgish | Westlechen Inselen |
| Maltese | Gżejjer tal-Punent |
| Manx | Ellanyn ny Heear |
| Nepalese | पश्चिमी टापुहरू |
| Norwegian | Vestlige Øyer |
| Occitan | Occident Illas |
| Persian | جزایر غربی |
| Polish | Wyspy Zachodnie |
| Portuguese | Ilhas Ocidentais |
| Punjabi | ਪੱਛਮੀ ਟਾਪੂ |
| Romanian | Insulele Vestice |
| Russian | Западные острова |
| Scottish Gaelic | Eileanan an iar |
| Serbian | Западна острва (Cyrillic) Zapadna ostrva (Latin) |
| Sesotho | Lihlekehleke tsa Bophirimela |
| Shona | Zvitsuwa zvekumadokero |
| Sindhi | اولهندي ٻيٽ ? |
| Sinhalese | බටහිර දූපත් |
| Slovak | Západné ostrovy |
| Slovenian | Zahodni otoki |
| Spanish | Islas Occidentales |
| Sundanese | Barat kapuloan |
| Swahili | Visiwa vya Magharibi |
| Swedish | Västra Öarna |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Ҷазираҳои ғарбӣ |
| Tamil | மேற்கு தீவுகள் |
| Telugu | పశ్చిమ దీవులు |
| Thai | หมู่เกาะเวสเทิร์น |
| Turkish | Batı adaları |
| Turkmen | Günbatar adalary |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Західні острови |
| Uzbek | Ғарбий ороллар (Cyrillic) G'arbiy orollar (Latin) |
| Welsh | Ynysoedd Gorllewinol |
| Yiddish | מערב אינזלען |
| Yoruba | Awọn erekusu Oorun |
References
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, "Introduction"
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Third Age, "Introduction"