Dor Gyrth i chuinar

Dor Gyrth i chuinar was a land in southern Ossiriand so named by the Elves, where Beren and Lúthien dwelt after their return to life.The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition, Letter 332, pg. 385
It was located around the river Adurant east of the Gelion, and was known for surrounding Tol GalenThe Silmarillion (inside cover), "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North", where Beren and Lúthien lived again after being released from the Halls of Mandos until their final deaths.
==History==
Being a part of Ossiriand, this country was originally inhabited by the Nandor ElvesThe Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter III: "Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIV: "Of Beleriand and its Realms" and their later related brethren, the Laiquendi, after the death of their lord Denethor in the First Battle of Beleriand.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter X: "Of the Sindar" The extent of the Elven population was probably sparse and hidden at this time.
Some time around FA 469, having been granted a second but mortal life by Manwë under Eru, Beren and Lúthien returned to Middle-earth from the Halls of Mandos and settled on the isle of Tol Galen in southern Ossiriand. Thence the Eldar began to call the area Dor Gyrth i chuinar. News of their return spread amongst the Laiquendi, and the couple were regarded in high honour. Dior, the son of Beren and Lúthien was born in this country. After Beren recovered the Nauglamír and the Silmaril within it after the Battle of Sarn Athrad, it was said and sung that Lúthien wore it around her neck, and was therefore held as a great beauty in Middle-earth. Afterwards, the land became fair and beautiful, with a light and beauty like that seen only in ValinorThe Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXII: "Of the Ruin of Doriath", and apparently remained so until the final deaths of Beren and Lúthien and its destruction after the War of Wrath.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
==Etymology==
Dor Gyrth i chuinar was a name in Sindarin that translated to "Land of the Dead that Live". The name contains the elements (n-)dôr ("land, dwelling-place"), the plural form of gorth ("dead; dead person"), i ("who, that"), and a nasal mutatedDor Gyrth i chuinar on eldamo.org plural form of cuina ("to be alive")The Silmarillion, Appendix: "Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names", pg. 188.Compound Sindarin Names in Middle-earth on tolkiendil.com
==In other versions==
The earliest forms of the name were I·Guilwarthon ("Living-dead") and I·Cuilwarthon ("Dead That Live Again") in Gnomish.The History of Middle-earth, The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, pgs. 41, 51, 233 Soon afterwards, Tolkien made a new variant: Cuilwarthien ("Land of the Dead that Live").The Shaping of Middle-earth, pg. 133 Some time later, he changed the name to Gwerth-i-cuina ("Living Dead"The Shaping of Middle-earth, pg. 116 or "Land of the Dead that Live"The Lost Road and Other Writings, pg. 116). A variation of this was Gwerth-i-guinar ("Dead that Live").The Lost Road and Other Writings, pg. 305
In the published version of The Silmarillion, Dor Gyrth i chuinar appears written as Dor Firn-i-Guinar,The Silmarillion, "Index of Names" a name included also in The Etymologies in The Lost Road and Other Writings.
Tolkien changed the name finally to Dor Gyrth i chuinar in 1972, in a reference to the death of his wife, Edith Tolkien.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዶር ፊርን-ኢ-ጊይናር
Arabic 	دور فيرن-أي-غوينار
Armenian 	Դոր Ֆիրն-ի-Գւինար
Belarusian Cyrillic	Дор Фірн-і-Гінар
Bengali 	ডোর ফিরন-ই-গিনার
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Дор Фирн-и-Гуинар
Chinese 	多菲尔尼吉纳尔
Danish 	Dor Firn-i-Guinar ("De Levendedødes Land")
Greek 	Ντορ Φιρν-ι-Γκουινάρ
Gujarati 	ડોર ફિરન-એ-ગિનાર
Hebrew 	דור פירן אי גואינאר
Hindi 	डोर फर्न-ए-गीनर
Japanese 	ドール・フィル・イ=ギナー
Kannada 	ಡೋರ್ ಫಿರ್ನ್-ಇ-ಗಿನಾರ್
Kazakh 	Дор Ферн-и-Гуинар (Cyrillic) Dor Fern-ï-Gwïnar (Latin)
Korean 	도르 피른-이-기나르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Дор Фирн-и-Гуинар
Macedonian Cyrillic	Дор Фирн-и-Гинар
Marathi 	दोर फिरण-ए-गिनार
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Дор Фирн-и-Гуинар
Nepalese 	डोर फ़िर्न्-इ-ङुइनर
Pashto 	دره-فرن-ی-ګیوینار
Persian 	دور-فرن-ی-گوینار
Punjabi 	ਡੋਰ ਫਿਰਨ-ਆਈ-ਗਿਨਾਰ
Russian 	Дор Фирн-и-Гуинар
Serbian 	Дор Фирн-и-Гуинар (Cyrillic) Dor Firn-i-Guinar (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ඩෝර් ෆර්න්-අයි-ගිනාර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Дор Фирн-и-Гуинар
Tamil 	டோர் பிர்ன்-இ-கினார்
Tatar 	Дор Фирн-и-Гинар
Telugu 	డోర్ ఫిర్న్-ఇ-గినార్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Дор Фірн-і-Гінар
Urdu 	ڈور فرنِ-ی-گِنار
Uzbek 	Дор Фирн-и-Гуинар (Cyrillic) Dor Firn-i-Guinar (Latin)
Yiddish 	דאָר פירן איך גוינאַר
==References==
Category:Beleriand
Category:Regions
Category:Sindarin names & words
pl:Dor Firn-i-Guinar