Elatan

Elatan was a nobleman who lived in the city of Andúnië during the early centuries of Númenor. He wedded Silmariën, the daughter and eldest child of Tar-Elendil, the fourth King of Númenor.
==Biography==
Silmariën could have been the next ruling Queen of Númenor but because of the law of agnatic primogeniture, she could not take the Sceptre. However, when Elatan and Silmariën had their first child, Valandil, Tar-Elendil created the title Lord of Andúnië for his first grandson.
Elatan's descendants would figure prominently in the history of Middle-earth. After the Downfall of Númenor, Elendil, the last Lord of Andúnië, would found the Kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor. Thousands of years later, Elatan's descendant Aragorn II Elessar, would be a hero of the War of the Ring.
==Etymology==
The name Elatan means "star-man" in Quenya. It came from the words el, meaning "star", and atan, meaning "man" (usually pertaining to mortal men).
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ኢላታን
Arabic 	الأتان
Armenian 	Էլատան
Belarusian Cyrillic	Елатан
Bengali 	এলাতান
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Елатан
Chinese 	埃拉坦
Georgian 	ელეტანი
Greek 	Έλαταν
Gujarati 	એલાતન
Hebrew 	אלטאן
Hindi 	ऐलतन
Japanese 	エラタン
Kannada 	ಎಲಾಟನ್
Kazakh 	Елатан (Cyrillic) Elatan (Latin)
Korean 	엘라 탄
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Элатан
Macedonian Cyrillic	Елатан
Marathi 	एलाटन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Элатан
Nepalese 	एलतन
Persian 	الاتان
Russian 	Элатан
Serbian 	Елатан (Cyrillic) Elatan (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ඊලානාන්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Элатан
Tamil 	எழத்தான்
Telugu 	ఎలతన
Thai 	เอลาทัน
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Елатан
Urdu 	الاتن
Yiddish 	עלאַטאַן
Category:Quenya names & words
Category:Númenóreans
Category:The Silmarillion characters
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