Belfalas

Belfalas was a coastal region located in southern Gondor.
== History ==
Belfalas was also home to an old Elf-haven called Edhellond which was founded before the end of the First Age by Nandor and Elven remnants of Doriath who did not wish to remain in Lindon due to their dislike of the Ñoldor still held by these Sindar Elves.
Belfalas formed part of Dor-en-Ernil, the "Land of the Prince". The Prince in question was the noble ruler of Dol Amroth, who lived at the city bearing his name. At the start of the second millennium of the Third Age, a certain Imrazôr the Númenórean lived in and ruled over the Belfalas. He married Mithrellas, a Silvan Elf of Lórien, and their son Galador became the first Prince of Dol Amroth.Unfinished Tales, Part Two: The Second Age, IV: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn, and of Amroth King of Lórien"
Its chief city was the Prince's residence of Dol Amroth. South of the Belfalas region lay a great bay, which was named after it, the Bay of Belfalas. The climate hovered near the moderate and the extreme with mild winters and hot, dry summers and the terrain consisted of scattered woodlands.
=== War of the Ring ===
During the War of the Ring, Belfalas was raided by the Corsairs of Umbar, and therefore sent only 700 men to help defend Minas Tirith, until Aragorn liberated the coast with the Grey Company, freeing the people of Gondor's southern fiefs to follow him north to relieve Minas Tirith.
== Etymology ==
Belfalas means "Great Shore", from the Sindarin bel or beleg ("large, great") and falas ("seashore").Parma Eldalamberon, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
== See also ==
*Regions of Gondor
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ቤልፋላስ
Arabic 	بيلفالاس
Armenian 	Բելֆալաս
Assamese 	বেলফালাছ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Белфалас
Bengali 	বেলফালাস
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Белфалас
Chinese 	贝尔法塔斯
Danish 	Belfalas ("Det Store Kystland")
Greek 	Μπελφαλασ
Gujarati 	બેલફાલસ
Hebrew 	בלפלאס
Hindi 	बेल्फ़लस
Japanese 	ベルファラス
Kannada 	ಬೆಲ್ಫಾಲಸ್
Kazakh 	Белфалас (Cyrillic) Belfalas (Latin)
Konkani 	बेलफालास
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Бэлфалас
Macedonian Cyrillic	Белфалас
Marathi 	बेलफळस
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Белфалас
Nepalese 	बेलफालास
Pashto 	بېلفالاس
Persian 	بهلفالاس
Punjabi 	ਬੇਲ੍ਫ਼ਅਲਸ
Russian 	Бельфалас
Serbian 	Белфалас (Cyrillic) Belfalas (Latin)
Sinhalese 	බෙල්ෆාලස්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Белфалас
Telugu 	బీఫాలాస్
Thai 	เบลฟาลัส
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Белфалас
Urdu 	بیلفلاس
Uzbek 	Белфалас (Cyrillic) Belfalas (Latin)
Yiddish 	בעלפאַלאַס
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