| This article is about the island. For the bay, see Bay of Balar. |
The Isle of Balar was an island located about seventy-five miles off the southern coast of Beleriand in the great Bay of Balar, known for being a refuge and gathering point of Eldar and Edain during the First Age of Middle-earth.[1]
History[]
The Isle may have been, according to legend, the northern tip of Tol Eressëa which had broken off when Ulmo ferried the Eldar to Aman. Before the Dagor Bragollach, Turgon of Gondolin had prepared and organized an outpost there for which he sent ships filled with messengers to Aman, to plead for aid from the Valar but none save for the Elf, Voronwë, who was saved by Ulmo ever returned to Middle-earth.
When the Falas was destroyed, the Isle of Balar became a refugee camp for the survivors of the Havens of the Falas which were headed by Círdan. The camps on Balar maintained close contact with the refugee camp in Arvernien headed by the half-elf, Eärendil. It was on Balar that Círdan helped Eärendil build the ship Vingilotë, with which later he sought for Valinor, to ask for the pardon of the Valar and help against Morgoth.
During the War of Wrath, many Sindar and some Ñoldor were still camped at the Isle of Balar, and after the war, some survivors were gathered there given the fact that they could not return to their homes in Beleriand. From Balar many Elves went to Lindon, whilst many returned to Valinor and the Edain sailed to the newly raised isle of Númenor. Sometime after SA 32, the Isle of Balar eventually fell beneath the Belegaer becoming one the Lands Under the Wave.
In the shallow waters surrounding the isle, there could be found a wealth of pearls.[2]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Eiland Balar |
| Albanian | Ishulli i Balarit |
| Amharic | አይል ኦፍ ባላር |
| Arabic | جزيرة بالار |
| Armenian | Բալար կղզի |
| Azerbaijani | Balar adası |
| Basque | Balar uhartea |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Востраў Балар |
| Bengali | আইল অফ বলার |
| Bosnian | Ostrvo Balar |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Стров Балар |
| Catalan | Illa de Balar |
| Chinese | 巴拉爾島 |
| Cornish | Ynys Balar |
| Croatian | Otok Balar |
| Czech | Ostrůvek Balar |
| Danish | Øen Balar |
| Dutch | Eiland Balar |
| Esperanto | Insulo de Balar |
| Estonian | Balar saart |
| Faroese | Balar oyggj |
| Finnish | Balarin saari |
| French | Île de Balar |
| Frisian | Eilun Balar (Northern) |
| Galician | Illa de Balar |
| Georgian | კუნძული ბალარ |
| Greek | Νήσος Βαλαρ |
| Gujarati | બલાર ટાપુ |
| Hebrew | האי באלאר |
| Hindi | आइल ऑफ़ बलर |
| Hungarian | Balar-sziget |
| Icelandic | Balareyja |
| Ido | Insulo di Balar |
| Indonesian | Pulau Balar |
| Irish Gaelic | Inis Balar |
| Italian | Isola di Balar |
| Japanese | バラール島 |
| Javanese | Pulo Balar |
| Kannada | ಬಾಲಾರ್ ದ್ವೀಪ |
| Kazakh | Балар аралы (Cyrillic) Balar aralı (Latin) |
| Korean | 아일오브발라 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Балар аралы |
| Latin | Balar insula |
| Latvian | Balar sala |
| Lithuanian | Balar sala |
| Luxembourgish | Insel Balar |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Островот Балар |
| Malaysian | Pulau Balar |
| Maltese | Gżira Balar |
| Manx | Ellan Balar |
| Maori | Motu o Balar |
| Marathi | आईल ऑफ बलार |
| Mirandese | Ilha de Balar |
| Nepalese | बेलार आइल्याण्ड |
| Norwegian | Balars øy |
| Occitan | Illa de Balar |
| Old English | Balarīeg |
| Persian | جزیره بالار |
| Polish | Balar wyspa |
| Portuguese | Ilha de Balar |
| Punjabi | ਆੲੀਲ ਆਫ਼ ਬਲਰ |
| Romanian | Insula Balar |
| Scots | Isle o Balar |
| Scottish Gaelic | Eilean de Balar |
| Sicilian | Ìsula di Balar |
| Serbian | Острво Балар (Cyrillic) Ostrvo Balar (Latin) |
| Slovak | Balar ostrov |
| Slovenian | Balar otok |
| Spanish | Isla de Balar |
| Swahili | Kisiwa cha Balar |
| Swedish | Balars ö |
| Tagalog | Pulo ng Balar |
| Tamil | பலர் தீவு |
| Telugu | బాలర్ ద్వీపం |
| Thai | ไอล์ออฟบะละร |
| Turkish | Balar Adası |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Острів Балар |
| Urdu | آئل آف بالر |
| Uzbek | Балар ороли (Cyrillic) Balar oroli (Latin) |
| Venetian | Ìxoła de Balar |
| Vietnamese | Đảo Balar |
| Welsh | Ynys Balar |
| Waray | Puro han Balar |
| West Flemish | Eiland Balar |
| Yiddish | אינזל פון באַלאַר |
| Yoruba | Erékùṣù ilẹ̀ Balar |
| Zazaki | Adey Balar |
References[]
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, Part One: The First Age, I: "Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin", Notes