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'''''balan''''' (pl. ''belain'') means "[[Valar|Vala]], divine power, divinity" in [[Noldorin|Exilic Noldorin]].<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 350</ref><ref>[http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en-strict.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] (accessed 11 February 2010)</ref> 

'''Balan''' was also the original name of [[Bëor]].<ref>{{S|17}}</ref>

==Etymology==
*Root [[BAL]]<ref name=LR/> In ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', ''balrog'' is glossed as [[Sindarin]] "Demon of Might", indicating the contracted form ''bal-''.<ref>{{S|Index}}</ref>

==Examples==

*[[Balrog]]

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