Nimbrethil

Nimbrethil was a birch-tree forest situated in the land of Arvernien in the south of Beleriand during the First Age.The Silmarillion (inside cover), "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
According to The Atlas of Middle-earth, Nimbrethil was about forty miles from east to west.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
==History==
Nimbrethil's birches were used by Eärendil to build his well-known ship Vingilot. Though Nimbrethil was lost along with the rest of Beleriand at the end of the First Age,The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath" it was recalled by Bilbo Baggins in the year TA 3019, when he recited The Short Lay of Eärendel: Eärendillinwë in Rivendell.The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Ch. I: "Many Meetings"
==Etymology==
Nimbrethil is a Sindarin name meaning "white [or silver] birches."The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Нимбретил
Danish 	Nimbrethil Skov
Hebrew 	נימברתיל
Kannada 	ನಿಂಬೆಥಿಲ್
Pashto 	نیمبرهتهیل
Persian 	نیمبرهتهیل
Russian 	Нимбретиль
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Німбретіл
==References==
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