West Beleriand

West Beleriand was the region of Beleriand that was divided from East Beleriand by the river Sirion.
==Geography==
The major places, regions, and realms in West Beleriand were the Arvernien, Dor-Cúarthol, Forest of Brethil, Havens of the Falas, Talath Dirnen, and Taur-en-Faroth.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Beleriand and the Lands to the North" They were lands consisting mostly of hills, lowlands, plains and bottomlands.The Atlas of Middle-earth, Thematic Maps, "Landforms" There were some dense forests, as with the Forest of Brethil, but much of it was scattered woodlands. There was also a moorland called the Moors of the Nibin-Noeg near the Forest of Brethil.The Atlas of Middle-earth, Thematic Maps, "Vegetation" The climate was mostly humid with mild winters and mild summers. Some influence from the cold of the north was present around the gap between the Ered Wethrin and the Echoriad.The Atlas of Middle-earth, Thematic Maps, "Climate"
==History and culture==
The region was populated and controlled by both the Sindar and the Ñoldor. The vast territory between the River Sirion, the northern mountains and the sea belonged to Finrod with the blessing of Thingol, Lord of Beleriand. Círdan was the Lord of the Havens of the Falas, the lands around the two rivers Brithon and Nenning next to the sea. The Forest of Brethil was settled in by the Men of the Haladin, who guarded it and Doriath from all enemies. The gap between the Ered Wethrin and the Echoriath was looked after by Orodreth, a relative of Finrod at the Fortress of Tol Sirion until it was conquered by Sauron. The land of Arvernien around the Mouths of Sirion was populated with both Sindar and Ñoldor, especially after the conquest of the realms of the north and Beleriand by Morgoth in the mid and late centuries of the First Age.The Silmarillion 
The dominant language of West Beleriand was Sindarin; except in Nargothrond and the realm around Tol Sirion where Quenya was spoken. The Mannish language was used in Brethil by the men who lived there. Both Sindarin and Quenyan were probably used in Arvernien in the Havens of Sirion, as it was populated with many Elves that were able to escape from the fallen realms of Beleriand and the north.The Atlas of Middle-earth, Thematic Maps, "Languages"
All of West Beleriand was destroyed after the War of Wrath and fell beneath the waves of the sea.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Wes Beleriand
Albanian 	Perëndimore Beleriand
Amharic 	ምዕራብ ቤልሪየን
Arabic 	بيليرياند الغربية
Armenian 	Արեւմուտք Բելերիանդ
Azerbaijani 	Qərbi Beleriand
Banjar 	Barat Beleriand
Basque 	Mendebalde Beleriand
Belarusian Cyrillic	Захад Белеріанд
Bosnian 	Zapadna Beleriand
Breton 	Kornôg Beleriand
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Западна Белерианд
Catalan 	Beleríand Occidental
Cebuano 	Kasadpan Beleriand
Chinese 	西貝爾蘭
Chinese (Hakka) 	Sî Beleriand
Chinese (Min Nan) 	Sai-pêng Beleriand
Corsican 	Punenti Beleriand
Croatian 	Zapadna Beleriand
Czech 	Západní Beleriand
Danish 	Vest Beleriand
Dutch 	Westen Beleriand
Emiliano-Romagnolo 	Sîra Beleriand
Esperanto 	Okcidenta Beleriand
Estonian 	Lääne-Beleriand
Faroese 	Vestur Beleriand
Finnish 	Länsi-Beleriand
French 	Beleriand de l'Ouest
Frisian 	Waast Beleriand (Northern) Wääst Beleriand (Saterland)
Friulian 	Ovest Beleriand
Georgian 	დასავლეთი ბელერიანდ
German 	Westen Beleriand
Greek 	Δυτική Μπελέριαντ
Gujarati 	પશ્ચિમ બેલેરીઅન્ડ
Hebrew 	מערב בלריאנד
Hindi 	पश्चिम बेलेरिअन्द
Hungarian 	Nyugat-Beleriand
Icelandic 	Vestur-Beleriand
Indonesian 	Barat Beleriand
Italian 	Beleriand Occidentale
Javanese 	Kulon Beleriand
Kannada 	ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಬೇಲೇರಿಯಾನ್ಡ್
Kazakh 	Батыс Белеріанд (Cyrillic) Batıs Beleriand (Latin)
Korean 	서쪽 벨레리안드
Kurdish 	Rojava Beleriand (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Батыш Бэлэрианд
Latin 	Beleriand Occidentalis
Latvian 	Rietum Beleriand
Lithuanian 	Vakarų Beleriand
Luxembourgish 	Westen Beleriand
Macedonian Cyrillic	Западна Белерианд
Malaysian 	Barat Beleriand
Manx 	Yn Beleriand Heear
Marathi 	पश्चिम भेलेरिअन्द
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Баруун Бэлэрианд
Norwegian 	Vest Beleriand
Occitan 	Oèst Beleriand
Pashto 	لوېديځ بېلېریاند
Persian 	بلریاند غربی
Polish 	Zachód Beleriand
Portuguese 	Beleriand Ocidental
Punjabi 	ਪੱਛਮੀ ਬੈਲੇਰੀਂਡ
Romanian 	Beleriand de Vest
Russian 	Запад Белериан
Scots 	Wast Beleriand
Scottish Gaelic 	A' Beleriand an Iar
Serbian 	Западна Белерианд (Cyrillic) Zapadna Beleriand (Latin)
Shona 	Madokero Beleriand
Sinhalese 	බටහිර බෙලෙරිඅඳ්
Slovak 	Západné Beleriand
Slovenian 	Zahod Beleriand
Somalian 	Galbeed Beleriand
Spanish 	Beleriand Occidente
Sundanese 	Kulon Beleriand
Swahili 	Beleriand ya Magharibi
Swedish 	Väster Beleriand
Tajik Cyrillic 	Белерианд Ғарбӣ
Tamil 	மேற்கு பெலேரியாண்ட
Telugu 	పశ్చిమ బేలేరియాను
Thai 	ตะวันตกเบเลริอันด์
Turkish 	Batı Beleriand
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Захід Белеріанд
Urdu 	مغربی بیلیراانڈ
Uzbek 	Ғарбий Белерианд (Cyrillic) G'arbiy Beleriand (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Hướng Tây Beleriand
Walloon 	Coûtchant Beleriand
Welsh 	Gorllewin Beleriand
Xhosa 	INtshona Beleriand
Yiddish 	מערב בעלעריאַנד
Yoruba 	Ìwọòrùn Beleriand
Zazaki 	Rocawani Beleriand
Zulu 	Ntshonalanga Beleriand
==References==
Category:Regions