Celon

The Celon was a long river in East Beleriand during the First Age of Middle-earth.
The Celon began in the Hill of Himring and flowed southwest between the lands of Estolad and Himlad, and passed the borders of Nan Elmoth and Doriath. It was a tributary of the river Aros.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
 
== History ==
Orcs attacked Menegroth during the First Battle of Beleriand from their camps between the Celon and Gelion rivers.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter X: "Of the Sindar" Celon, being in Himlad was the land of Amrod and Amras, the twin Sons of Fëanor.
Aredhel passed over Celon on her journey to meet the Sons of Fëanor before becoming lost in Nan Elmoth. Later when she and her son Maeglin left Eöl to live in Gondolin, they passed over Celon before entering Himlad.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XVI: "Of Maeglin" Bëor and his people settled on the eastern banks of the Celon after being given leave to settle there after being advised by Finrod. Haleth led her people across the Celon and Aros on their hard journey to the Forest of Brethil.The Silmarillion: Quenta Silmarillion, "Of the Coming of Men into the West" Deadly Orc raiders followed the Celon down through around Doriath taking captives, just after the Dagor Bragollach.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XVIII: "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin" 
==Etymology==
Celon was a Sindarin name that meant 'stream flowing down the heights'.The Silmarillion, Index of Names
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ኮሎኔ
Arabic 	كيلون
Armenian 	Կելոն
Belarusian Cyrillic	Келон
Bengali 	কেলন
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Келон
Chinese (Hong Kong)	凱龍河
Danish 	Celonåen ("en å, der stømmer ned fra højderne")
Georgian 	კელონი
Gujarati 	કેલોન
Hindi 	क्ऐलोन
Japanese 	?
Kannada 	ಕೆಲಾನ್
Kazakh 	Келон (Cyrillic) Kelon (Latin)
Korean 	셀론
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Кэлон
Macedonian Cyrillic	Кэлон
Marathi 	केलोन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Келон
Nepalese 	केलोन
Persian 	کهلون
Punjabi 	ਕੇਲੋਨ
Russian 	Келон
Sanskrit 	केलोन्
Serbian 	Келон (Cyrillic) Kelon (Latin)
Sinhalese 	කෙලොන්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Келон
Tamil 	கேலன்
Telugu 	కెల్లోన్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Келон
Urdu 	کےلون
Uzbek 	Келон (Cyrillic) Kelon (Latin)
Yiddish 	קעלאָן
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