Ilmarin

Ilmarin was the mansion of Manwë and Varda, and was located at the peak of Taniquetil. It was a domed, marble watchtower from which Manwë and Varda could watch all of Arda.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Valinor" Manwë's followers, the spirits that took the forms of hawks and Great Eagles, often came here to deliver news.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 10: Morgoth's Ring, Ainulindalë
A feast was taking place in Ilmarin when Melkor came to destroy the Two Trees of Valinor.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, II: "The Earliest 'Silmarillion'"The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter VIII: "Of the Darkening of Valinor"
==Etymology==
The name Ilmarin means "Mansion of the High Airs" in Quenya.The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names It is related to the names Ilmarë and Ilmen, according to Christopher Tolkien.The Silmarillion, Index of Names
==In song==
In Bilbo Baggins's Eärendillinwë, Ilmarin was mentioned as the "Hill of Ilmarin", though it referred more to Taniquetil than the tower itself.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 7: The Treason of Isengard, V: "Bilbo's Song at Rivendell: Errantry and Eärendillinwë"The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Chapter I: "Many Meetings"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Arabic 	ألمارينين
Armenian 	Իլմարին
Belarusian Cyrillic	Ілмарын
Bengali 	ইলমারিন
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Илмарин
Chinese 	伊尔马林
Danish 	Manwës Højsale (Ilmarin)
Georgian 	ილმარინი
Greek 	Ίλμαριν
Gujarati 	ઇલ્મારીન
Hebrew 	אילמארין
Hindi 	इल्मरीन
Japanese 	イルマリン
Kannada 	ಇಲ್ಮರಿನ್
Kazakh 	Ильмарин (Cyrillic) Ïlmarïn (Latin)
Korean 	일 마린
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Илмарин
Macedonian Cyrillic	Илмарин
Marathi 	इल्मारिन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Илмарин
Persian 	ایلمارین
Punjabi 	ਇਲਮਾਰਿਨ
Russian 	Ильмарин
Serbian 	Илмарин (Cyrillic) Ilmarin (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ඉල්මරින්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ильмарин
Tamil 	இல்மரின்
Telugu 	ఇల్మారిన్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Ільмарин
Yiddish 	ילמאַרין
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