Bay of Eldamar

The Bay of Eldamar was the greatest bay in Aman.
== History ==
When the Ñoldor and Vanyar came to Aman, this is where they landed. Later when the Teleri came, Ossë begged Ulmo to set Tol Eressëa in the Bay of Eldamar and Ulmo (in the older versions of the legendarium and in Roverandom, a host of whales centering Uin the great Right Whale also) did this. But when the Ñoldor longed to see their kin again, Manwë commanded Ossë to teach the Teleri the art of ship-making, and grievously he did this. Then the Teleri built the ships and with the help of the swans, they came to Aman. And there on the bay of Eldamar they built their new home Alqualondë, the Port of Swans.
An age before, the Ñoldor and the Vanyar made their home in Eldamar. The Valar brought down a small section of the Pelori and raised the hill of Túna. On that hill the Ñoldor, with the aid of Aulë, built the city of Tirion the Fair. Through this opening in the mountains the light of Calacirya spread out and filled the Bay of Eldamar. The Ñoldor's man-made and mined gems were spread throughout that land.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter V: "Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië"
Eärendil, the Half-elven anchored his ship Vingilot in this when visited Valinor to plead to the Valar for aid for the Free Peoples against Morgoth.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
==Etymology==
Eldamar means Elvenhome in Quenya.The Silmarillion, Index
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Achinese 	La’ôt Eldamar
Afrikaans 	Baai van Eldamar
Albanian 	Gjiri i Eldamarit
Amharic 	አልዳማር ቤይ
Arabic 	ىلدامار خليج
Aragonese 	Golfo de Balar
Armenian 	Էլդամար ծոց
Asturian 	Badea de Eldamar
Azerbaijani 	Eldamar körfəzi
Basque 	Eldamar golkoa
Belarusian Cyrillic	Елдамар заліў
Bengali 	এল্দামার উপসাগর
Bosnian 	Eldamar zaliv
Breton 	Pleg-mor Eldamar
Catalan 	Badia d'Eldamar
Cebuano 	Baie de Eldamar
Chinese 	艾爾達瑪灣
Chinese (Hakka) 	Eldamar-vân
Chinese (Min Nan) 	Eldamar Oan
Cornish 	Pleg mor Eldamar
Croatian 	Eldamar zaljev
Czech 	Eldamar záliv
Danish 	Eldamarbugten
Dutch 	Baai van Eldamar
Esperanto 	Eldamar Golfo
Estonian 	Eldamar laht
Faroese 	Eldamarflógvin
Finnish 	Eldamarin lahti
French 	Baie d'Eldamar
Frisian 	Golf faan Eldamar (Northern) Baai fan Eldamar (Western)
Galician 	Baía de Eldamar
Georgian 	ელდამარი ყურე
German 	Bucht von Eldamar
Greek 	Κόλπος της Έλδαμαρ
Gujarati 	ઍલ્દમર ખાડી
Hebrew 	מפרץ אלדמר
Hindi 	एल्दमर की खाड़ी
Hungarian 	Eldamar-öböl
Icelandic 	Eldamarflói
Indonesian 	Teluk Eldamar
Irish Gaelic 	An Bá na Eldamar
Italian 	Baia di Eldamar
Japanese 	エルダマール湾
Javanese 	Lempongan Eldamar
Kannada 	ಎಲ್ಡಾಮರ್ ಕೊಲ್ಲಿ
Kazakh 	Елдамар шығанақ (Cyrillic) Eldamar şığanaq (Latin)
Korean 	엘다 마르 베이
Kurdish 	Tengava Eldamar (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Элдамар булуңу
Latin 	Sinus Eldamar
Latvian 	Eldamar līcis
Lithuanian 	Eldamar įlanka
Luxembourgish 	Golf vu Eldamar
Macedonian Cyrillic	Елдамар Залив
Malaysian 	Teluk Eldamar
Maltese 	Bajja ta ' Eldamar
Manx 	Baie ny Eldamar
Marathi 	एल्डमार उपसागर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Элдамар булан
Nepalese 	एल्डरम खाडी
Norwegian 	Eldamarbukta
Pashto 	ایلډامار خلیج
Persian 	خلیج الدامار
Polish 	Zatoka Eldamar
Portuguese 	Golfo de Eldamar
Punjabi 	ਐਲਦਾਮਰ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ
Romanian 	Golful Eldamar
Russian 	Эльдамарский залив
Sanskrit 	पूर्व-एल्दमर्
Serbian 	Елдамар залив (Cyrillic) Eldamar zaliv (Latin)
Sicilian 	Cala di Eldamar
Sinhalese 	එල්ඩාමර් බොක්ක
Slovak 	Eldamar záliv
Slovenian 	Eldamar zaliv
Spanish 	Bahía de Eldamar
Sundanese 	Teluk Eldamar
Swahili 	Ghuba ya Eldamar
Swedish 	Eldamar viken
Tagalog 	Look ng Eldamar
Tajik Cyrillic 	Халиҷи Елдамар
Tamil 	இடமர் விரிகுடா
Telugu 	ఎల్దామర్ బేలోని
Thai 	อ่าวอเลดามาร
Turkish 	Eldamar Körfezi
Turkmen 	Eldamar Aylag
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Елдамар затока
Uzbek 	Елдамар қўлтиғи (Cyrillic) Eldamar qoʻltigʻi (Latin)
Venetian 	Baia dei Eldamar
Vietnamese 	Vịnh Eldamar
Welsh 	Bae Eldamar
Yiddish 	בוכטע פון עלדאַמאַר
Zazaki 	Golfezê Eldamar
==References==
it:Baia di Eldamar
ru:Эльдамарский залив
Category:Bays
Category:Aman
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