Vinyamar
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| Vinyamar | |
| Physical Description | |
| Type | City |
| Location | South Nevrast, Mt. Taras |
| Realms | Turgon |
| Inhabitants | Noldor of Turgon |
| Description | City on the slopes of Mt. Taras |
| General Information | |
| Etymology | Q. vinya "young, new" + mar "house, home, dwelling" |
| Events | Coming of Tuor |
| References | Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin, The Silmarillion |
Vinyamar was a settlement built by Turgon in Nevrast, on the slopes of Mount Taras, at the beginning of the First Age. The name is Quenya for "New Home". Vinyamar's population was primarily Ñoldorin, with a large influx of Sindarin elves.
History
The city was abandoned about 125 years after the rising of the Sun at Ulmo's behest, who told Turgon that he and his people must seek a abother home that would be hidden from the eyes of Morgoth.
Vinyamar was abandoned and fell into decay, but when Tuor was guided there by Ulmo he still found remnants of the great city.