Meneldor

Meneldor was a Great Eagle who dwelt at one of the eyries in the northern half of the Misty Mountains.
==Biography==
He was a friend and follower of Gwaihir and probably dwelt with him at one of the eyries of the Misty Mountains. He along with Gwaihir and Landroval was one of the Eagles who rescued Frodo and Sam from the slopes of Mount Doom, after the destruction of the One Ring.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter IV: "The Field of Cormallen"
==Etymology==
The first element of Meneldor, menel, means "heaven".Parma Eldalamberon, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
==In adaptations==
In The Lord of the Rings Online, Meneldor and his brother Landroval appear at several points throughout the game. The player first meet them in the Wailing Hills south of Lothlórien where they help the Eagles deal with an infestastion of spiders. After their participation in the Battle of the Morannon, the player meets the Eagles once again when they reach the Carrock.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Arabic 	مينلدور
Armenian 	Մենելդոր
Assamese 	মেনেলডৰ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Менелдор
Bengali 	মেনালদোর
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Менелдор
Georgian 	მენელდორი
Greek 	Μενέλδορ
Gujarati 	મેનેલ્ડોર
Hindi 	मेनेल्दोर
Japanese 	メネルドール
Kannada 	ಮೆನೆಲ್ಡರ್
Kazakh 	Менелдор (Cyrillic) Meneldor (Latin)
Korean 	메넬 도르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Мэнэлдор
Macedonian Cyrillic	Менелдор
Malayalam 	മെനെൽഡോർ
Marathi 	मेनेल्डोर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Мэнэлдор
Nepalese 	मेनेल्दोर
Persian 	منلدور
Russian 	Менельдор
Sanskrit 	मेनेल्डोर्
Serbian 	Менелдор (Cyrillic) Meneldor (Latin)
Sinhalese 	මෙනෙල්ඩෝර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Менелдор
Tamil 	மெனெல்டர்
Tatar 	Менельдор
Telugu 	మెనెల్డోర్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Менелдор
Yiddish 	מענעלדאָר
==References==
Category:Eagles
Category:Minor characters (The Lord of the Rings)
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