The White Downs in The Lord of the Rings Online
The White Downs, or simply The Downs,[1] were a series of low hills once forming the Shire's western border, and later the boundary between its regions the Westfarthing and Westmarch.[2]
History[]
The White Downs was an initial border of the Shire when the lands were granted to the Hobbits by King Argeleb II of Arnor. In it were built the Hobbit towns of Little Delving and Michel Delving, which was the Shire's capital and largest town. Here, at the Free Fair held every seven years on Lithe, the Mayor of Michel Delving was elected.[3]
During the War of the Ring at the end of the Third Age, Sharkey's Men had turned Michel Delving into a prison, where many important Hobbits were held.[4] After the return of the King Aragorn II Elessar, the Shire was extended past the White Downs and the Far Downs beyond all the way to the Tower Hills, and the area beyond became known as the Westmarch.[2][5]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Wit klowe |
| Albanian | Gryka të Bardha |
| Amharic | ነጭ ሸለቆዎች |
| Arabic | الوديان البيضاء |
| Armenian | Սպիտակ ձորեր |
| Asturian | Llombes Blancu |
| Azerbaijani | Ağ yarğanlar |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | белыя яры |
| Basque | Muino Zuri |
| Bengali | সাদা হিল্স |
| Bosnian | Bijel brda |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Бели хълмове |
| Burmese | အဖြူတောင်ကုန်း |
| Cambodian | ជ្រលងភ្នំពណ៌ស |
| Catalan | Turons blancs |
| Cebuano | Puti nga mga bung-aw |
| Chinese | 白色沟壑 |
| Cornish | Breow Gwydn |
| Corsican | Colline blancs |
| Croatian | Bijele gudure |
| Czech | Bílé rokle |
| Danish | Hvidebakkerne |
| Dutch | Witte Duinen |
| Esperanto | Blankaj Intermontoj |
| Estonian | Valged mäed |
| Filipino | Puting mga burol |
| Finnish | Valkoiset kukkulat |
| French | Hauts blanches |
| Frisian | Wyt Heuvels (Western) |
| Galician | Barrancos Brancos |
| Georgian | თეთრი ხევები |
| German | Weiße Höhen |
| Greek | Λευκές χαράδρες |
| Gujarati | સફેદ ટેકરીઓ |
| Hebrew | נקיקים לבנים |
| Hindi | सफेद पहाड़ियों |
| Hungarian | Fehér szakadékok |
| Icelandic | Hvítargiljur |
| Indonesian | Bukit-bukit putih |
| Irish Gaelic | Cnoic bhána |
| Italian | Bianchi Poggi |
| Japanese | 白い峡谷 |
| Javanese | Putih bukit-bukit |
| Kannada | ಬಿಳಿ ಕಂದರಗಳು |
| Kazakh | Ақ төбеден (Cyrillic) Аq töbeden (Latin) |
| Korean | 화이트 계곡 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Ак адырлар |
| Laotian | ພູເຂົາສີຂາວ |
| Latin | Alba colles |
| Latvian | Baltas gravas |
| Lithuanian | Baltos daubos |
| Luxembourgish | Wäiss Ravinen |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | бели клисури |
| Maithili | उज्जर खाई |
| Malayalam | വെളുത്ത മലയിടുക്കുകൾ |
| Maltese | Ravini bojod |
| Marathi | पांढऱ्या दऱ्या |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Цагаан жалга |
| Nepalese | सेतो पहाडहरू |
| Norwegian | Hvite åser |
| Old English | Hwithyllas |
| Pashto | سپین راویان ? |
| Persian | دره های سفید |
| Polish | Białe Wzgórza |
| Portuguese | Ravinas brancas |
| Punjabi | ਚਿੱਟੇ ਪਹਾੜੀਆਂ |
| Romanian | Dealuri albe |
| Russian | Белые холмы |
| Samoan | Mauga papae |
| Scottish Gaelic | Cnuic gheala |
| Serbian | Беле јаруге (Cyrillic) Bele jaruge (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | සුදු මිටියාවත |
| Slovak | Biele rokliny |
| Slovenian | Bele grape |
| Somali | Dooxyo cad |
| Spanish | Colinas Blancas |
| Sundanese | Pasir-pasir bodas |
| Swahili | Milima nyeupe |
| Swedish | Vitåsarna |
| Tamil | வெள்ளை பள்ளத்தாக்குகள் |
| Telugu | తెల్లటి లోయలు |
| Thai | หุบเหวสีขาว |
| Tigrinya | ጻዕዳ ጐላጉል |
| Turkish | Beyaz Vadiler |
| Turkmen | Ak Jülgeler |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Вайт-Гіллс |
| Urdu | سفید گھاٹیاں |
| Uzbek | Оқ жарликлар (Cyrillic) Oq jarliklar (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Khe núi trắng |
| Welsh | Ceunentydd Gwyn |
| Yiddish | ווייַס היללס |
References[]
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, Part Three: The Third Age, chapter III: "The Quest of Erebor"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "The Shire"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Prologue
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter VIII: "The Scouring of the Shire"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "Later Events concerning the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring"