Caragdûr

The Caragdûr was a steep, black precipice of rock located on the north side of the Amon Gwared near the North Gate of Gondolin.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Gondolin"
Eöl the Dark Elf was executed here for the accidental killing of his wife, Aredhel, in his attempt to kill his son Maeglin for disobeying him.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XVI: "Of Maeglin"
== Etymology ==
The name Caragdûr is Sindarin for "dark spike". It comes from the words carag ("spike" or "tooth of rock") and dûr ("dark"). 
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ካራግዱር
Arabic 	كاراجدور
Armenian 	Կարագդուր
Assamese 	কাৰাগদুৰ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Карагдур
Bengali 	কারগদুর
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Карагдур
Chinese 	卡拉督爾
Danish 	Karagdûr (Den Sorte Klippespids)
Georgian 	კარაგდური
Greek 	Καραγδΰρ
Gujarati 	કારગદુર
Hebrew 	קאראגדור
Hindi 	कारागदुर
Japanese 	カラグドル
Kannada 	ಕಾರಗದೂರು
Kazakh 	Карагдұр (Cyrillic) Karagdur (Latin)
Konkani 	कारागदुर
Korean 	카라그두르
Kurdish 	Sorani) کاراگدور
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Карагдур
Macedonian Cyrillic	Карагдур
Malayalam 	കാരാഗ്ദൂർ
Marathi 	कारगडूर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Карагдур
Nepalese 	कारागढुर
Pashto 	کارګدور
Persian 	کاراگدور
Punjabi 	ਕਾਰਗਦੁਰ
Russian 	Карагдур
Sanskrit 	कारगदुर
Serbian 	Карагдур (Cyrillic) Karagdur (Latin)
Sindhi 	ڪارگدور
Sinhalese 	කරග්දූර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Карагдур
Tamil 	கரகத்தூர்
Tatar 	Карагдур
Telugu 	కారగ్దూర్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Карагдур
Urdu 	کاراگڈور
Yiddish 	קאַראַגדור
== References ==
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