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| '''Nandor''' (singular ''Nando'') were [[Elves (Middle-earth)|Elves]] of [[Teleri]]n descent, who left the [[Great Journey]] from [[Cuivienen]] to [[Valinor]] as the Elves reached the [[Misty Mountains|Hithaeglir]] (Misty Mountains). Under their leader [[Lenwë]] (''Dan'' in their own language), a group of Teleri turned south along the Great River ([[Anduin]]), and disappeared from written history. ''Nandor'' eventually became their term for themselves, and meant ''people of Dan'' in their own language. Although it should also be noted that the meaning given by Christopher Tolkien in his index to the Silmarillion said that Nandor meant "those who turn back".
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| Many years later a group of Nandor under [[Denethor (First Age)|Denethor]], son of Lenwë, crossed the [[Ered Luin]] into [[Ossiriand]], which was after named [[Lindon]], or Land of the singers, after these elves. They became known as the '''Laiquendi''' (singular ''Laiquendë'') or '''Green Elves'''.
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| The [[Silvan Elves]] of [[Mirkwood]] and [[Lórien|Lothlórien]] were descended from the Nandor (but most of their lords were not), as were the Elves which dwelt at [[Edhellond]] near [[Dol Amroth]] during the early days of [[Gondor]].
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| Nandorin, the language of the Nandor, gradually disappeared from [[Middle-earth]] after the end of the [[First Age]], when [[Sindar]]in elves merged with the Silvan folk and were taken as their lords. Nandorin/Silvan gradually became extinct, surviving only in placenames such as Laurelindórinan/Lindórinand (old names for [[Lórien]]) and proper names such as [[Amroth (Middle Earth)|Amroth]]. The daily tongue of the Silvan elves became [[Sindarin]], or Sindarin with some Silvan influences.
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