Taniquetil

Taniquetil, also known as Oiolossë and the Holy Mountain,The History of Middle-earth, Vol. IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, chapter III: "The Quenta" was the highest peak in all of Arda's history. It was located near the coast of Valinor.
==Location==
Taniquetil was part of the Pelóri, south of the Calacirya. At the peak of this mountain was Ilmarin, the dwelling place of Manwë and Varda.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. VII: The Treason of Isengard, chapter V: "Bilbo's Song at Rivendell: Errantry and Eärendillinwë" From there they could view all of Arda, even past Kalórmë and the Gates of Morning.
== History ==
Taniquetil was raised 3,450 Valian Years (or 33,000 solar years) after the Valar arrived in Eä.
After the Two Lamps of the Valar were destroyed by Melkor in the distant past of the World, the Valar themselves withdrew from Middle-earth into a land on the far western edges of Arda. Along its eastern shoreline, they raised a great mountain range as a defence against the Dark Lord, and the greatest of all those mountains was Taniquetil.
On the peak of Taniquetil, Manwë and Varda had their halls of Ilmarin, from which they looked out across the World, and from those halls Manwë sent out his hawks and eagles to watch over Arda.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, chapter I: "The Cottage of Lost Play" Because the dwellings of the Elder King and his spouse were located on its summit, Taniquetil became known as the Holy Mountain. Due to the reverence of the Vanyar for the mountain, they abandoned their own city of Tirion and settled on the flanks of Taniquetil beneath the halls of Manwë.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, chapter VI: "The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor"
==Etymology==
In Quenya, Taniquetil means "High-Snow-Peak".The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, Part Four: Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D: Kwen, Quenya, and the Elvish (especially Ñoldorin) words for 'Language'
=== Other names ===
*Oiolossë [(ˈoron) ˌoɪ.oˈlosːe]), the "Everlasting whiteness"
*Arfanyaras(së) (Q.), or Ras-Arphain (S.), both meaning the "High Shining White Peak"The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, Part Four: Quendi and Eldar 
*Amon Uilos, the "Mount Everwhite", its Sindarin nameParma Eldalamberon, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
*Dâhan-igwiš-telgûn(formal) or Dahanigwishtilgûn (informal), its Valarin name
*Elerrína, Crowned with StarsThe History of Middle-earth, Vol. X: Morgoth's Ring, The Later Quenta Silmarillion, The First Phase, "Of Valinor and the Two Trees"
*Hill of Ilmarin, a name mentioned by Bilbo Baggins in The Short Lay of Eärendel: Eärendillinwë.The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Chapter I: "Many Meetings"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ጣኒቁአቲል
Arabic 	طانيقويتيل
Armenian 	Տանիքուետիլ
Assamese 	টেনিকেটিল
Belarusian Cyrillic	Таніqуетіл
Bengali 	ট্যানিকুটিল
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Таникветил
Danish 	Taniquetilbjerget ("Den Høje Hvide Tinde")
Georgian 	ტანიქუეტილი
Greek 	Τανίκουετιλ
Gujarati 	ટેનિકેટિલ
Hebrew 	טאניקויתיל
Hindi 	तनिकेटिल
Japanese 	タニクウェティル
Kannada 	ತಾನಿಕ್ವೆಟಿಲ್
Kazakh 	Таніқұетіл (Cyrillic) Taniquetil (Latin)
Konkoni 	तानिकेटिल
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Таниqуэтил
Macedonian Cyrillic	Таниqуетил
Marathi 	टॅनिकिटिल
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Таниqуетил
Nepalese 	टनिक़ुएतिल
Pashto 	طانیقوېتیل
Persian 	تانیکوئتیل
Punjabi 	ਟੈਨਿਕਟੀਲ
Russian 	Таниквэтиль
Serbian 	Таниqуетил (Cyrillic) Тaniquetil (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ටැනිකෙටිල්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Таниқуетил
Tamil 	தனிக்குடில்
Telugu 	తానికెటిల్
Thai 	ทานิเควทิล
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Таніqуетіл
Urdu 	طانیقوےتیل
Uzbek 	Таниқуетил (Cyrillic) Taniquetil (Latin)
Yiddish 	טאַניקוועטיל
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