Echoriad

The Echoriad or Encircling Mountains were a range of mountains located in the north of Beleriand, next to Dorthonion, in the First Age.
== History ==
The Echoriad formed a natural circle of rock enclosing the Vale of Tumladen, within which lay the Elven city of Gondolin. A hidden ravine provided the only access through the Echoriad a way guarded by seven gates. For hundreds of years of the Sun, the Great Eagles led by Thorondor lived in the southern part of the mountains called the Crissaegrim, and kept the spies of Morgoth from discovering the location of Gondolin.
Fingolfin, a High King of the Ñoldor, was buried in the Echoriad north of Gondolin in a great cairn named Sarnas Fingolfin, made by his son, King Turgon, of Gondolin, after Fingolgin was slain in a duel with Morgoth.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Beleriand and the Lands to the North"The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Thangorodrim and Angband"
== Etymology ==
Echoriad was a Sindarin name meaning 'encircling fence'.The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin namesThe Complete Guide to Middle-earth
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዐችሆሪኣጥ
Arabic 	ىچهورياته ?
Armenian 	Եխորիատհ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Ечоріат
Bengali 	এছরিঅথ
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Ечориат
Catalan 	Echòriath
Chinese (Hong Kong)	艾可瑞亞斯 A.K.A. 環抱山脈
Danish 	Echoriath-bjergene ("De Omkransende Fjelde")
Georgian 	ეხორიათი
Greek 	Εχοριαθ
Gujarati 	ઇકોરીથ
Hindi 	एछोरिअथ
Hebrew 	אכוריאת
Hungarian 	Határhegyek
Kannada 	ಎಕೊರಿಯತ್
Kazakh 	Эхориат (Cyrillic) Éxorïat (Latin)
Korean 	엑 코리 라트
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Эцhориатh ?
Macedonian Cyrillic	Ечориат
Marathi 	इकोरीथ
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Ечориатh
Nepalese 	एछोरिअथ
Pashto 	ېچهوریاته
Persian 	هچهوریاته ?
Punjabi 	ਈਕੋਰੋਥ
Russian 	Эхориат
Sanskrit 	एछोरिअथ्
Serbian 	Ехоријати (Cyrillic) Ehorijati (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ඒඡොරිඅථ්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ечҳориатҳ
Tamil 	ஏச்ஹொரிஅத்ஹ்
Telugu 	ఏచోరీఅత్
Thai 	เอโคริอัธ
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Ехоріат
Urdu 	اچوریات
Uzbek 	Ечориатҳ (Cyillic) Echoriath (Latin)
Yiddish 	ײשהאָריאַטה ?
== References ==
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