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Vadi of Umbar
Dried river bed that ends at the Bay of Umbar, where is located the City of Corsairs.

Vairë   The Weaver
One of the Valier, the spouse of Námo Mandos.

Valar   The Powers
(singular Vala); name given to those great Ainur who entered into at the beginning of Time, and assumed the function of guarding and governing Arda. Called also the Great Ones, the Rulers of Arda, the Lords of the West, the Lords of Valinor.
>>>  Aratar

Valacar   Valacar

Valacirca   Sickle of the Valar
Name of the constellation of the Great Bear (UMa).

Valandil
Youngest son of Isildur, who for his youth remained in Imladris in the war of the Last Alliance, he thus was not slain in the Disatser of the Gladden Fields; third King of Arnor.

Valaquenta   Account of the Valar
A short work treated as a separate entity from The Silmarillion proper.

Valaraukar   Demons of Might
Originally Maiar, mightiest servants of Melkor Morgoth (except Sauron). sing. Valarauko. Quenya form corresponding to Sindarin Balrog.
>>>  Durin's Bane

Valaróma
The horn of the Vala Oromë.

Valier   Queens of the Valar
(singular Valie); a term used only in the Valaquenta.

Valimar
See Valmar.

Valinor
The land of the Valar in Aman, beyond the mountains of the Pelóri; also called the Guarded Realm.
>>>  Image : The Voyage of Eärendil

Valmar
The city of the Valar in Valinor; the name also occurs in the form Valimar. In Galadriel's lament in Lórien (The Fellowship of the Ring II 8) Valimar is made equivalent to Valinor.

Vána
One of the Valier, the sister of Yavanna and spouse of Oromë; called the Ever-young.

Vanyar   the Fair
The first host of the Eldar on the westward journey from Cuiviénen, led by Ingwë. The name (singular Vanya) means 'the Fair', referring to the golden hair of the Vanyar; see Finarfin, Finrod, and Galadriel.

Varda   The Exalted
'The Lofty'; also called the Lady of the Stars. Greatest of the Valier, the spouse of Manwë, dwelling with him on Taniquetil. Other names of Varda, as maker of the Stars, were Elbereth, Elentári, Tintallë.

Vása   The Consumer
A name of the Sun among the Noldor.

Vëantur

Vilya
One of the Three Rings of the Elves, the Ring of Air, borne by Gil-galad and afterwards by Elrond; also called The Ring of Sapphire.

Vingilotë   Foam-flower
The name of Eärendil's ship; see Rothinzil.

Vinyamar
The house of Turgon in Nevrast under Mount Taras. The meaning is probably 'New Dwelling'.

Voronda

Voronwë   The Steadfast
Elf of Gondolin, the only mariner to survive from the seven ships sent into the West after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad; met with Tuor at Vinyamar and guided him to Gondolin.

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Tolkienion 2003 : Letter "V" of 1338 Entries