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'''Calembel''' is a city of [[Gondor]] and the capital of the province of [[Lamedon]].
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'''Calembel''' was a town in the [[Lamedon]] region of [[Gondor]]. It was located on the road between [[Erech]] and [[Pelargir]],<ref>{{RK|Map}}</ref> at the fords of the river [[Ciril]].<ref name="Company">{{RK|Company}}</ref>
==History==
During the [[War of the Ring]], the town was deserted. Most of the men had gone to fight in [[Minas Tirith]], and those that remained fled into the hills as they heard news of the coming of the [[Oathbreakers|Dead Men]].<ref name="Company"/>
==Etymology==
[[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] translated ''Calembel'' as "Greenham".<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 537 (citing from the [[Unfinished index]])</ref> The name likely consists of [[Sindarin]] ''[[calen]]'' "green" + ''[[pêl|pel]]'' "fence".


It is situated on a small hill along the river [[Ciril]].
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[[Category:Gondor]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages]]


[[Aragorn]] and the host of the Dead camped here on their way to [[Pelargir]].
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Revision as of 19:56, 10 February 2018

Calembel
Town
General Information
LocationLamedon, Gondor
TypeTown
InhabitantsMen
GalleryImages of Calembel

Calembel was a town in the Lamedon region of Gondor. It was located on the road between Erech and Pelargir,[1] at the fords of the river Ciril.[2]

History

During the War of the Ring, the town was deserted. Most of the men had gone to fight in Minas Tirith, and those that remained fled into the hills as they heard news of the coming of the Dead Men.[2]

Etymology

Tolkien translated Calembel as "Greenham".[3] The name likely consists of Sindarin calen "green" + pel "fence".

References