Firmament

The Firmament was the highest of all points in the Timeless Halls.
== History ==
During the Ainulindalë as Melkor continued to create discord in opposition to the harmony of the Music of the Ainur, Eru arose in a chord of such might that it surpassed the heights of the Firmament.The Silmarillion, Ainulindalë (The Music of the Ainur)
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Uitspansel
Albanian 	Kupë qiellore
Amharic 	ጠፈር
Arabic 	قبة الزرقاء
Armenian 	երկնակամար
Azerbaijani 	Üfüq
Basque 	Ortzia
Belarusian Cyrillic	нябесны збор
Bengali 	নভোমণ্ডল
Bosnian 	Nebeski svod
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	небесната твърд
Cambodian 	លំហ
Chinese 	苍天
Corsican 	Firmamentu
Croatian 	Nebeski svod
Czech 	Obloha
Danish 	Himmelhvælvingen
Dutch 	Uitspansel
Esperanto 	Firmamento
Estonian 	Taevavõlv
Faroese 	Himin
Filipino 	Papawirin
Finnish 	Taivaankansi
French 	Le firmament
Frisian 	Firmamint
Galician 	Firmamento
Georgian 	ცის თაღი
German 	Das Himmelsgewölbe
Greek 	Στερέωμα
Hebrew 	רָקִיעַ
Hindi 	आकाश
Hungarian 	Égbolt
Icelandic 	Himinn
Indonesian 	Cakrawala
Italian 	Firmamento
Japanese 	大空
Javanese 	Ambara
Kannada 	ಗಗನಮಂಡಲ
Korean 	창공
Laotian 	ທ້ອງຟ້າ
Latvian 	Debess jums
Lithuanian 	Dangaus skliautas
Luxembourgish 	Fixstärenhimmel
Malagasy 	Habakabaka
Malay 	Cakrawala ?
Malayalam 	വിതാനത്തിന്നു
Marathi 	संपूर्ण आकाश
Mongolian Cyrillic 	огторгуй
Navajo 	Yá
Nepalese 	आकाश
Northern Sami 	Albmi
Old English 	Rodor
Persian 	گنبد آسمان
Portuguese 	Firmamento
Punjabi 	ਵਾਯੂਮੰਡਲ
Romanian 	Cerurile
Romansh 	Tschiel
Russian 	Небосвод
Samoan 	Vanimonimo
Sanskrit 	व्योमविस्तृत
Serbian 	небески свод (Cyrillic) Svod (Latin)
Scottish Gaelic 	Speuran
Shona 	Kwedenga
Sinhalese 	ආකාශයේ
Slovak 	Nebeská klenba
Slovenian 	Nebu
Somalian 	Samada
Spanish 	Firmamento
Swahili 	Anga
Swedish 	Himlavalvet
Tamil 	ஆகாயவிரிவை
Telugu 	ఖగోళము
Thai 	เวหา
Turkish 	Gök kubbe
Turkmen 	Asman
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	небесне склепіння
Urdu 	آسمان
Uzbek 	Осмон гумбази (Cyrillic) Osmon gumbazi (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Bầu trời
Volapük 	Sil
Welsh 	Entrych
Yiddish 	הימל
== References ==
 
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Category:Cosmology