Nogrod

Nogrod was one of two Dwarven cities in the Blue Mountains. It lay in the middle of the range, near Mount Dolmed where the Dwarf-road of Beleriand crossed into Eriador.
Nogrod was home to the great Dwarven smiths Gamil Zirak and Telchar.Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Narn i Chîn Húrin, "The Departure of Túrin"
== History ==
The realm of Nogrod was dolven and founded not long after the awakening of the Dwarves.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, chapter X: "Of Dwarves and Men" They soon met the Elves of Beleriand and established a trading relationship with them. For many centuries, the trade relations grew strong and the Dwarves of Nogrod were employed by Thingol, the King of Doriath and helped in the delving of the caves of Menegroth, and creation of treasuries and weapons. The Dwarves trafficked along a long road that ran from the nearby dwarven city of Belegost to Nogrod into Beleriand, and finally to Menegroth.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter X: "Of the Sindar"
Eöl "the Dark Elf" often went there, as did his son Maeglin.
While initially friendly to the Elves of Beleriand, the Dwarves of Nogrod attempted to kill Thingol of Doriath in his treasury, after having crafted the treasure Nauglamír for him (leaving him for dead) but were driven out. Thingol would later be killed during a wolf hunt, after treacherous Elves helped returning Dwarves enter past the Girdle of MelianBeren and Lúthien
 More then entered to sack the city after the departure of Melian and her protective Girdle of Melian.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XVI: "Of Maeglin" On their way back from Doriath, they were hunted down by Beren Erchamion and killed by his army of Laiquendi and a group of Ents. Despite that utter defeat, Nogrod apparently survived the rest of the First Age.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXII: "Of the Ruin of Doriath"
At the end of the First Age, Nogrod was ruined in the War of Wrath, and around the fortieth year of the Second Age the Dwarves of the Blue Mountains began to migrate to Khazad-dûm, abandoning Nogrod and Belegost.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, "Introduction"
== Inhabitants ==
The Firebeards and the Broadbeams were the two Dwarf-clans associated with the Blue Mountains in "Of Dwarves and Men" (from volume XII of The History of Middle-earth). Nogrod, then, was presumably founded by one of these two, and the rather scanty evidence marginally favours the Firebeards as its inhabitants.
== Etymology ==
Nogrod was a Sindarin word that meant 'hollow-bold'. Its name in Khuzdûl was Tumunzahar, of unknown meaning.The Silmarillion, Index of Names
== In other versions ==
In earlier versions of the Legendarium, Nogrod was at one point ruled by Naugladur.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II, The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, Ch IV, "The Nauglafring"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ኖጎድ
Arabic 	نوجرود
Armenian 	Նոգրոդ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Ногрода
Bengali 	ণগ্রদ
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Ногрод (Nogrod) Тумунзахар (Tumunzahar)
Chinese 	諾格羅德
Danish 	Nogrod (Hulebol)
Georgian 	ნოგროდი
Greek 	Νογροδ
Gujarati 	નોગરોડ
Hebrew 	נוגרוד
Japanese 	ノグロド
Kannada 	ನೊಗ್ರೋಡ್
Kazakh 	Ногрод (Cyrillic) Nogrod (Latin)
Korean 	노그롱드
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Ногрод
Macedonian Cyrillic	Ногрод
Marathi 	नोग्रोड
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Ногрод
Nepalese 	नोग्रोड
Persian 	نوگرود
Punjabi 	ਨੋਗਰੋਡ
Russian 	Ногрод
Serbian 	Ногрод (Cyrillic) Nogrod (Latin)
Sinhalese 	නෝග්රොඩ්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ногрод
Tamil 	நோகிரோட
Tatar 	Ногрод
Telugu 	నొగ్రోడ్
Thai 	โนกร็อด
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Ноґрод
Urdu 	نوگرود
Uzbek 	Ногрод (Cyrillic) Nogrod (Latin)
Yiddish 	נאָגראָד
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