Nevrast was a region in West Beleriand at the coast of the Belegaer in Middle-earth, during the years before the end of the First Age.
Description[]
Nevrast was a depression surrounded completely by the Ered Wethrin. It was made up of over three-hundred square miles of land consisting of mostly scattered woodlands except for the marshland area encircling Linaewen. The climate was mostly a humid one with mild winters possibly due to the warm and moist prevailing winds that blew in from the sea.[2][3]
History[]
Nevrast was the centre of an Elven kingdom of Turgon for about a hundred years, when its people began moving to their newly completed realm of Gondolin. Turgon's capital (and it seems the only city of Nevrast) was Vinyamar.[4] The land was not permanently inhabited after that, and indeed was utterly abandoned until Tuor came there, guided by Ulmo.[5][6]
Nevrast was the first part of Beleriand the Ñoldor settled, but was previously inhabited by Sindar. Its population was soon very mixed, far more so than any other region of Beleriand.
Etymology[]
In Sindarin, Nevrast means "Hither shore",[7] from nev ("hither") and rast ("shore").[8]
Other forms of the legendarium[]
Its early and rejected name was Nivrost: "the West Vale" in the Doriathrin language.[9]
See also[]
- Haerast, the Far Shore
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ኘቭራስት |
| Arabic | نيفياست |
| Armenian | Նևրաստ |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Невраст |
| Bengali | ণেvরাস্ত |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Невраст |
| Chinese | 内瓦拉斯特 |
| Danish | Nevrast ("Kysten på denne side") |
| Dogri | नेवरस्त |
| Georgian | ნევრასტის |
| Greek | Νευραστ |
| Gujarati | નેવરાસ્ટ |
| Hindi | णेव्रस्त |
| Hebrew | נבראסט |
| Japanese | ネヴラスト |
| Kannada | ನೆವ್ರಾಸ್ಟ್ |
| Kazakh | Невраст (Cyrillic) Nevrast (Latin) |
| Konkani | नेवरास्त |
| Korean | 네브라스트 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Невраст |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Невраст |
| Malayalam | നെവ്രാസ്റ്റ് |
| Marathi | नेवरास्ट |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Невраст |
| Nepalese | णेव्रस्त् |
| Pashto | نېوراست |
| Persian | نوراست |
| Punjabi | ਣੇਵ੍ਰਸ੍ਤ |
| Russian | Невраст |
| Sanskrit | णेव्रस्त् |
| Serbian | Невраст (Cyrillic) Nevrast (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | නෙව්රස්ට් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Невраст |
| Tamil | நெவ்ராஸ்ட் |
| Telugu | నెవ్రాస్ట్ |
| Thai | เนฟรัสต์ |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Невраст |
| Urdu | ںےوراست |
| Uzbek | Невраст (Cyrillic) Nevrast (Latin) |
| Yiddish | נעװראַסט |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels, Part One. The Grey Annals
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIV: "Of Beleriand and its Realms"
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, Thematic Maps, "Landforms"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIII: "Of the Return of the Noldor"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XV: "Of the Noldor in Beleriand"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIII: "Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Index of Names
- ↑ Parma Eldalamberon, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Two: "Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings"