Gabilgathol

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Gabilgathol is the Khuzdul name for the great Dwarven city of Belegost in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dwarven city
fictional city
location in Middle-earth
aftermath some Dwarves removed to the eastern Ered Luin
survivors migrated east
allianceWith Elves of Beleriand
Noldor
linked to: the Noldor

Sons of Fëanor
linked to: House of Fingolfin
appearsIn The History of Middle-earth
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
associatedPeople Dwarves of Belegost
AzaghalTitle Lord of Belegost
category Cities of Beleriand
Dwarven strongholds
Locations in Tolkien legendarium
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
enemy Glaurung
Morgoth
etymologyLanguage Khuzdul
etymologyNote name glossed as Great Fortress or Great City
fate largely destroyed at the end of the First Age
ruined in the breaking of Thangorodrim
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth
foundedBy Dwarves
knownFor Dwarven smiths
craftsmanship
great strength of its warriors
heavy armour
masks of the Dwarves of Belegost
locatedIn Blue Mountains
Ered Luin
locatedInAge First Age
nameLanguage Khuzdul
neighbourCity Tumunzahar
neighbourCitySindarinName Nogrod
notableEvent charge of the Dwarves of Belegost against Glaurung
notableLeader Azaghâl
primaryInhabitants Broadbeams
Longbeards
raceInhabitants Dwarves
region Beleriand
SindarinName Belegost
linked to: Khazad-dûm
tookPartIn Nirnaeth Arnoediad
Wars of Beleriand
linked to: WarsOfBeleriand

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Khuzdul notablePhrase Gabilgathol