Dates

Established after the coming of the Eldar to Aman during the Years of the Trees

Location

Within the Calacirya and to the west and east of that pass, including the eastern shorelands of Aman

Race

Divisions

Eldar (Vanyar, Noldor and Teleri)

Culture

Eldar of the West

Settlements

Alqualondë, Tirion

Important peaks

Lay beneath the Pelóri

Passes

Meaning

'Home of the Elves (in Aman)'

Other names

Eldamar, Elendë, Elvenland, Ever-eve, Evereven; equivalent in some uses to Elfinesse, or Elvenesse

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Elvenhome

Distant land of the Elves

Map of Elvenhome

Elvenhome in the West (somewhat conjectural)

Elvenhome in the West (somewhat conjectural)

A general term for a land inhabited by Elves. It almost always refers to Eldamar (which is 'Elvenhome' in the Elves' own tongue), the homeland of the Elves in Aman.

See also...

Calacirian, Eldamar, Elendë, Elvenesse, Elvenland, Faerie, Last Shore

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