Nandor

The Nandor (Quenya; singular Nando) were Elves of Telerin descent, who left the Great Journey from Cuiviénen to Valinor as the Elves reached the Misty Mountains.
== History ==
The Nandor began under the Teleri Elf Lenwë, whose name in their language was Denweg.The History of Middle-earth, The War of the Jewels He led a group that turned south along the river Anduin, and disappeared from written history. Many years later a group of Nandor under Denethor, son of Lenwë, hearing of a great Elven realm crossed the Blue Mountains into Ossiriand. When they first arrived into Beleriand, the Nandor still called themselves Lindai, the old clan name for the Teleri, though it had become Lindi in their tongue. The Sindar welcomed them as kin and at first, called them Lindil after what the Nandor called themselves, Lindi. Eventually this became Laegel, which means Green-Elf. The Quenya translation of this is Laiquendi.
The later Elves of Mirkwood and "Galadhrim" of Lothlórien, both of Silvan lineage, were descended from the Nandor (though most of their lords were not), as were the Elves who settled Edhellond near Dol Amroth, on the southern coast of Middle-earth during the early days of Gondor.The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
== Language ==
The original Nandorin language gradually disappeared from Middle-earth after the end of the First Age, when Sindarin Elves merged with the Silvan folk and were taken as their lords. Nandorin/Silvan gradually became extinct, surviving only in place names such as "Laurelindórinan/Lindórinand" (old names for the land of Lothlórien) and proper names such as Amroth. The daily tongue of the Silvan elves became Sindarin, or Sindarin with some Silvan influences.Parma Eldalamberon, "Tengwesta Qenderinwa and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets Part 2 by J.R.R. Tolkien"
== Etymology ==
Nandor is the Quenya term, meaning 'those who turn back'.
== In other versions ==
In early accounts the name of the Green-Elves was Danians, from the name of their first leader Dan (later changed in Denweg). The Danians lived both to the east and the west of Blue Mountains. In particular, the Danians that acrossed the Blue Mountains lived in Ossiriand and Denethor, the son of Dan was their lord. The geographical barrier of the mountains was the reason behind the split of the Danian language in two different dialects: the ''
Ossiriandren (West-Danian) and the Leikvian (East-Danian).
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ናንዶር
Arabic 	ناندور
Armenian 	Նանդոր
Belarusian Cyrillic	Нандор
Bengali 	নান্দর
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Нандор
Cambodian 	ណាន់ឌ័រ
Catalan 	Nàndor
Chinese (Hong Kong)	南多
Dogri 	नंदोर
Georgian 	ნანდორი
Greek 	Νανδορ
Gujarati 	નાંદોર
Hebrew 	נאנדור
Hindi 	नंदोरो
Japanese 	ナンドール
Kannada 	ನಂದೋರ್
Kazakh 	Нандор (Cyrillic) Nandor (Latin)
Konkani 	नंदोर
Korean 	난도르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Нандор
Macedonian Cyrillic	Нандор
Malayalam 	നന്ദോർ
Marathi 	नांदोर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Нандор
Nepalese 	नान्दोर
Pashto 	ناندور
Persian 	ناندور
Polish 	Nandorowie
Punjabi 	ਨੰਦੋਰ
Russian 	Нандор
Sanskrit 	णन्दोर्
Serbian 	Нандор (Cyrillic) Nandor (Latin)
Sinhalese 	නන්ඩෝර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Нандор
Tamil 	நந்தோர்
Tatar 	Нандор
Telugu 	నాండోర్
Thai 	นันดอร์
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Нандор
Urdu 	نانداور
Uzbek 	Нандор (Cyrillic) Nandor (Latin)
Yiddish 	נאַנדאָר
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