Esgalduin

Esgalduin was the main river of Doriath. It flowed from the hills of Dorthonion through Doriath past the caves of Menegroth under the Stone Bridge leading to the gates of the city; finally meeting up with the River Sirion in the west.
The Esgalduin had two unnamed upper branches of its own in Ered Gorgoroth. One ran along the border between Dor Dínen and Nan Dungortheb, and the other ran west for about 20 miles from the mountains into Nan Dungortheb and further south-east until merging with the first.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Beleriand and the Lands to the North"The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Menegroth, the Thousand Caves"
== Etymology ==
In a manuscript dating from the late 1950's and early 1960's, Tolkien wrote that Esgalduin is Sindarin for "the river under shade".
In earlier etymologies, Esgalduin was said to be Ilkorin for "River under Veil (of [?leaves])", consisting of the elements esgal ("screen, hiding, roof of leaves") + duin ("water, river").
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዐስጋልዱኢን
Arabic 	اسغالدوان
Armenian 	Եսգալդւին
Belarusian Cyrillic	Эсгалдуін
Bengali 	জগাল্ডউইন
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Есгалдуин
Burmese 	ဧသ္ဂလ္ဒုဣန္
Cambodian 	អេសហ្គីឌីន
Catalan 	Esgàlduin
Chinese (Hong Kong)	愛斯卡督印河
Danish 	Esgalduinfloden ("Den Tilslørede Flod")
Georgian 	ესგალდუინი
Greek 	Εσγαλδοιν
Gujarati 	એસ્ગ્લડુઇન
Hebrew 	אסגאלדואין
Hindi 	एस्गल्दुइन
Japanese 	エスガルドゥイン
Kannada 	ಏಸ್ಗಲ್ದುಇನ
Kazakh 	Эскалдин (Cyrillic) Éskaldïn (Latin)
Korean 	에스 갈딘
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Эсгалдуин
Macedonian Cyrillic	Есгалдуин
Marathi 	एस्गल्डुइन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Эсгалдуин
Nepalese 	एस्गलडिन
Pashto 	ېسګالدوین
Persian 	هسگالدوین ?
Polish 	Esgalduina
Punjabi 	ਐਸਗਲਾਡੁਇਨ
Russian 	Эсгалдуин
Sanskrit 	एस्गल्दुइन्
Serbian 	Езгалдуин (Cyrillic) Ezgalduin (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ඒස්ගල්දුඉන්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Есгалдуин
Tamil 	ஏஸ்கல்துஇந்
Telugu 	ఏస్గల్దుఇన
Thai 	แซgะลดุิน ?
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Есгальдуин
Urdu 	اسگالڈوان
Uzbek 	Есгалдуин (Cyrillic) Esgalduin (Latin)
Yiddish 	ײסגאַלדוינ
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Category:Rivers of Beleriand