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 city. Here, at the Free Fair held every seven years on Lithe, the Mayor of Michel Delving was elected.[3]
In the aftermath of 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 heuwels |
| Albanian | Kodra të bardha |
| Amharic | ነጭ ኮረብታዎች |
| Arabic | أبيض هيلز |
| Armenian | Սպիտակ բլուրներ |
| Asturian | Llombes Blancu |
| Azerbaijani | Ağ təpələr |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Белы-Хілс |
| Basque | Muino Zuri |
| Bengali | সাদা হিল্স |
| Bosnian | Bijel brda |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Бели хълмове |
| Burmese | အဖြူတောင်ကုန်း |
| Cambodian | ភ្នំពណ៌ស |
| Catalan | Turons blancs |
| Cebuano | Puti nga mga bungtod |
| Chinese | 白山 |
| Cornish | Breow Gwydn |
| Corsican | Colline bianche |
| Croatian | Bijela brda |
| Czech | Bílé vrchy |
| Danish | Hvide bakker |
| Dutch | Witte Duinen |
| Esperanto | Blankaj montetoj |
| Estonian | Valged mäed |
| Fijian | Vulavula na veidelana |
| Filipino | Puting mga burol |
| Finnish | Valkoiset kukkulat |
| French | Collines blanches |
| Frisian | Wyt Heuvels (Western) |
| Galician | Outeiros Brancos |
| Georgian | თეთრი ბორცვები |
| German | Weiße Höhen |
| Greek | Λευκοί λόφοι |
| Gujarati | સફેદ ટેકરીઓ |
| Hebrew | הגבעות לבן |
| Hindi | सफेद पहाड़ियों |
| Hungarian | Fehér dombok |
| Icelandic | Hvítar hæðir |
| Indonesian | Bukit-bukit putih |
| Irish Gaelic | Cnoic bhána |
| Italian | Colline bianche |
| Japanese | ホワイトヒルズ |
| Javanese | Putih bukit-bukit |
| Kannada | ಬಿಳಿ ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳು |
| Kazakh | Ақ төбеден(Cyrillic) Аq töbeden (Latin) |
| Korean | 화이트 힐스 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Ак адырлар |
| Laotian | ພູເຂົາສີຂາວ |
| Latin | Alba colles |
| Latvian | Baltais pauguri |
| Lithuanian | Baltos kalnai |
| Luxembourgish | Wäiss Biergen |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Бели ридови |
| Maltese | Għoljiet bojod |
| Marathi | पांढरा पर्वत |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Цагаан толгод |
| Nepalese | सेतो पहाडहरू |
| Norwegian | Hvite åser |
| Old English | Hwithyllas |
| Pashto | سپین غرونه ? |
| Persian | تپه های سفید |
| Polish | Białe Wzgórza |
| Portuguese | Colinas brancas |
| Punjabi | ਚਿੱਟੇ ਪਹਾੜੀਆਂ |
| Romanian | Dealuri albe |
| Russian | Белые холмы |
| Samoan | Mauga papae |
| Scottish Gaelic | Cnuic gheala |
| Serbian | Вајт брда (Cyrillic) Vajt brda (Latin) |
| Slovak | Biele kopce |
| Slovenian | Beli hribi |
| Somalian | Buuraha cad |
| Spanish | Colinas Blancas |
| Sundanese | Pasir-pasir bodas |
| Swahili | Milima nyeupe |
| Swedish | Vita bergen |
| Tamil | வெள்ளை மலைகள் |
| Telugu | తెలుపు కొండలు |
| Thai | เนินเขาสีขาว |
| Turkish | Beyaz Tepeler |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Вайт-Гіллс |
| Urdu | وائٹ ہلز |
| Uzbek | Оқ тепаликлар (Cyrillic) Oq tepaliklar (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Đồi trắng |
| Welsh | Bryniau 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" Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 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"