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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 [[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>


It is situated on a small hill along the river [[Ciril]].
==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 of Dunharrow|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".


[[Aragorn]] and the host of the Dead camped here on their way to [[Pelargir]].
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Revision as of 18:22, 13 June 2012

Calembel
Town
General Information
LocationLamedon
TypeTown
RegionsGondor, Reunited Kingdom
InhabitantsMen
GalleryImages of Calembel

Calembel was a town in 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