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Dates
Inhabited by Elves for at least 3,500 years before the first rising of the Sun; enclosed within the Girdle of Melian c. 29 years before the Return of the Noldor; destroyed at the end of the First Age
Location
The lesser northwestern forest of Doriath, separated from the Forest of Region by the river Esgalduin
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Pronunciation
tow'rr-na-ne'ldorr ('ow' as in English 'now'; the final r sounds should be distinctly pronounced, as emphasised by 'rr')
Meaning
'Forest of beeches'1
Other names
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Taur-na-neldorA forest of lost Beleriand![]() A name meaning 'forest of beeches', whose red-golden autumn leaves were lamented by Treebeard the Ent. Better known as Neldoreth, this forest was part of Thingol's realm of Doriath in the heart of Beleriand. Taur-na-neldor was destroyed at the end of the First Age, and so for Treebeard to remember it at the end of the Third, his memory must have reached back across more than six thousand years. Notes
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