Great Lake

The Great Lake was a large lake located in Arda during the primordial time of the Two Lamps in the Spring of Arda.
It was located in the middle of Arda in Middle-earth between the two great lamp towers Helcar and Ringil. Amid it lay the Isle of Almaren,The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Introduction" where the Valar dwelt.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter I: "Of the Beginning of Days"
== History ==
The Valar created the Great Lake and the Isle of Almaren after Melkor was driven from Arda by Tulkas during the First War. Both were destroyed along with the Two Lamps when Melkor returned from the outer darkness to bring ruin to the Valar's works and as a result of this, the Great Lake was scuttled and destroyed after Melkor threw down the Two Lamps. 
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Groot Meer
Albanian 	Liqeni e Mëdha
Alemannic German 	Großi See
Amharic 	ታላቁ ሀይቅ
Arabic 	البحيرة العظمى
Aragonese 	Grans Laco
Aramaic 	ܝܡܡܬܐ ܝܡܬܐ
Armenian 	Մեծ լիճ
Asturian 	Grandes Llagu
Azerbaijani 	Böyük Göl
Bashkir 	Бөйөк күл
Basque 	Aintzira Handiak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Вялікія езеро
Bengali 	গ্রেট হ্রদ
Bhojpuri 	ग्रेट झील
Bosnian 	Velika jezero
Breton 	Lenn-Veur
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Големите езеро
Burmese 	ဂရိတ်လိတ်
Cambodian 	ដ៏ឆ្នើមបឹង
Catalan 	Llac Grans
Chinese 	伟大的湖泊
Chuvash 	Аслă кӳлĕ
Cornish 	Lydn Veur
Corsican 	Grandi Lavu
Croatian 	Velika jezero
Czech 	Velké jezero
Danish 	Storesø
Dutch 	Grote Meer
Esperanto 	Grandaj Lago
Estonian 	Suur järv
Faroese 	Stórurvatn
Filipino 	Malaking Lawa
Finnish 	Suuri järvi
French 	Grands Lac
Frisian 	Grutte Mar (Western) Grat ? (Northern)
Galician 	Grandes Lago
Georgian 	დიდი ტბა
German 	Großer See
Greek 	Μεγάλες Λίμνη
Gujarati 	ગ્રેટ સરોવર
Haitian Creole 	Gwo Lak
Hausa 	Babban tafki
Hebrew 	הגדולות אגם
Hindi 	विशाल झील
Hungarian 	Nagy-tó
Icelandic 	Stöðuvatn miklu
Indonesian 	Besar Danau
Irish Gaelic 	Loch Móra
Italian 	Grande Lago
Japanese 	グレート 湖
Javanese 	Sendhang Raseksa
Kannada 	ಮಹಾ ಸರೋವರ
Kazakh 	Ұлы көл (Cyrillic) Ulı köl (Latin)
Kurdish 	دەریاچەیەکی گەورە (Sorani) Gola Mezin (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Улуу көл
Laotian 	ທະເລສາບທີ່ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່
Latin 	Lacus Magni
Latvian 	Lielie ezers
Lithuanian 	Didžioji ežeras
Lombard 	Gran Lagh
Luxembourgish 	Grouss Séi
Macedonian Cyrillic	Велика езеро
Maithili 	विशाल झील
Malagasy 	Lehibe Farihy
Malayalam 	മഹത്തായ തടാകം
Malaysian 	Tasik Besar
Maltese 	Lag Gran
Manx 	Yn Logh Mooar
Marathi 	ग्रेट सरोवर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Их Нуур
Nepalese 	विशाल तालहर
Norwegian 	Storesjøen
Occitan 	Grands Lac
Old English 	Grēata Lagu
Pashto 	ستر تاګ
Persian 	دریاچه بزرگ
Polish 	Wielkie Jezioro
Portuguese 	Grandes Lago
Punjabi 	ਮਹਾਨ ਝੀਲ
Romanian 	Marele Lac
Romansh 	Gronda Lai
Russian 	Великие Озеро
Russia Buriat 	Ехэ Нуур
Sakha 	Улуу Күөл
Samoan 	Tele Leki
Sanskrit 	ग्रेट् सरोवर ?
Scottish Gaelic 	Loch Mhòr
Serbian 	Велика Језеро (Cyrillic) Velika Jezero (Latin)
Shona 	Guru Nyanza
Sicilian 	Gran Lacu
Sindhi 	وڏو ڍنڍ
Sinhalese 	මහා විල්
Slovak 	Veľká jazero
Slovenian 	Veliko jezero
Sundanese 	Raya Situ
Swahili 	Ziwa Makubwa
Swedish 	Storasjö
Samoan 	Leki tele
Spanish 	Grandes Lago
Tagalog 	Gran Lawa
Tajik Cyrillic 	Кӯл Кабир
Tamil 	கிரேட் ஏரி
Tatar 	Бөек күл
Telugu 	మహా సరస్సు
Thai 	ทะเลสาบอันยิ่งใหญ่
Turkish 	Büyük göl
Turkmen 	Beýik kol
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Великі озеро
Urdu 	عظمی جھیل
Uzbek 	Буюк кўл (Cyrillic) Buyuk koʻl (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Đại hồ
Welsh 	Llyn Fawr
Xhosa 	Enkulu Echibi
Yiddish 	גרויסע אזערע
Yoruba 	Titobi Adágún
Zulu 	Okukhulu Ichibi
== References ==
de:Großer See
it:Grande Lago
pl:Wielkie Jezioro
Category:Lakes
Category:Arda