Eldamar

Eldamar, once called by the Hobbits the Faerie, was the region of Aman where the Elves lived in ancient times before the Changing of the World.
== Description ==
The size of Eldamar is unknown, but the area between the Bay of Eldamar and the Pelóri was probably at least a few dozen miles wide; Eldamar also consisted of the shore of Taniquetil and the Calacirya where Tirion was built. The shore probably extended hundreds of miles to the north of the Calacirya. 
The city of the Ñoldor (and for a time the Vanyar also) was Tirion, which was built on the hill of Túna facing both the Two Trees and the starlit seas.
The city of the Teleri, on the north shore of the Bay was Alqualondë, or Haven of the Swans, whose halls and mansions were made of pearl. The harbor was entered through a natural arch of rock, and the beaches were strewn with gems given by the Ñoldor.
In the bay was Tol Eressëa the Lonely Isle, which was an island at one time adrift, until Ulmo rooted it in the bay.
South of Eldamar was Avathar, once the home of Ungoliant, a vast creature in the shape of a spider.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter VIII: "Of the Darkening of Valinor"
==Etymology== 
Eldamar is a Quenya word that meant 'Elvenhome'. In Old English the 'Elvenhome' was called Ælfhâm.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	አልዳማር
Arabic 	إلدامار
Armenian 	Էլդամար
Assamese 	এলডামাৰ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Елдамар
Bengali 	এলডামার
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Елдамар
Chinese (Hong Kong)	艾爾達瑪
Danish 	Eldamar ("Elverhjemmet")
Dogri 	एल्दामार
Georgian 	ელდამარი
Gujarati 	ઍલ્દમર
Hebrew 	אלדמר (Israel)
אלדאמאר
Hindi 	एल्दमर
Japanese 	エルダマール
Kannada 	ಎಲ್ಡಮಾರ್
Kazakh 	Елдамар (Cyrillic) Eldamar (Latin)
Konkani 	एल्डामार
Korean 	엘다 마르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Эльдамар
Macedonian Cyrillic	Елдамар
Marathi 	एल्डमार
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Элдамар
Nepalese 	एल्डमार
Pashto 	ایلډامار
Persian 	الدامار
Russian 	Эльдамар
Sanskrit 	एल्दमर्
Serbian 	Елдамар (Cyrillic) Eldamar (Latin)
Sindhi 	ايلڊمار
Sinhalese 	එල්ඩමාර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Елдамар
Tamil 	எல்டமர்
Tatar 	Элдамар
Telugu 	ఎల్డమర్
Thai 	อเลดามาร̒
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Елдамар
Urdu 	الدامر
Yiddish 	עלדאַמאַר
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