Avathar

Avathar was a dark strip of land at the feet of the southern Pelóri mountain range in the continent of Aman.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Valinor"
==History==
Avathar was a wasteland devoid of all life save for the Great Spider Ungoliant whose home was there before she agreed to go with Melkor to Middle-earth. After Melkor left Valinor, the Valar, believing that their foe had fled to Middle-earth to his old hiding places, did not think him still in Aman and did not find him here.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter VIII: "Of the Darkening of Valinor"
==Etymology==
Avathar is a Quenya word that meant 'shadows' or 'the Shadows'.The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, Index
=== Earlier names ===
Tolkien's very first conception of Avathar, predating even the Lost Tales, was "Habannan", a place mentioned only in an early poem from 1915 entitled "Habannan beneath the Stars".The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, chapter III: "The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor", Notes, Commentary on The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor, pg. 91 Four name-changes then occurred before the publishing of The Silmarillion: Habannan was emended to Eruman, which became a name "interchangeable with Arvalin".The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Index, pg. 180 These names appear throughout the tales contained in The Book of Lost Tales Part One. Eruman ultimately was changed to AramanThe History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, chapter III: "The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor", Notes, Commentary on The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor, pg. 93. Araman and Arvalin shared slightly similar definitions: 'close to Aman'The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, chapter III: "The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor", Notes, Commentary on The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor, pg. 93 and 'beside Valinor'.Parf Edhellen, entry "Arvalin" The character Ungoliant was invented during the use of the name Arvalin, and her realm eventually was exclusively called Avathar.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, Part One: The Grey Annals 
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዓቫትሃር
Arabic 	أفاثار
Armenian 	Ավատհար
Assamese 	অৱতাৰ
Belarusian Cyrillic	аватарам
Bengali 	অব্যাথার
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Аватхар
Catalan 	Àvathar
Chinese 	阿維塔
Danish 	Avathar ("Skyggernes Tomme Land")
Georgian 	ავათჰარ
Greek 	Αυαθαρ
Gujarati 	અવથર
Hebrew 	אבאתאר
Hindi 	आवथर
Japanese 	アバター
Kannada 	ಅವತಾರಕ್ಕೆ
Kazakh 	Аватар (Cyrillic) Avatar (Latin)
Korean 	아바타
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Аватар
Macedonian Cyrillic	Аватар
Marathi 	अवथर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Аватhар
Nepalese 	आवथर
Persian 	اواتهار
Russian 	Аватар
Sanskrit 	आवथर्
Serbian 	Аватар (Cyrillic) Avatar (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ආවථර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Аватҳар
Tamil 	ஆவத்ஹர்
Telugu 	ఆవథర
Thai 	าฤะทะร
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Аватар
Urdu 	اواتهار ?
Uzbek 	Аватҳар (Cyrillic) Avathar (Latin)
Yiddish 	אַוואַטהאַר
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