Eldar
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Eldar is both a common Hebrew name and a rare Norse first name. The latter means "fire" in Norse.
Eldar may also refer to:
[edit] People
- Eldar Ryazanov (b. 1927), famous Russian film director
- Eldar Mahmudov (b. 1956), head of the Azerbaijani Ministry of National Security
- Eldar Kurtanidze (b. 1972), a Georgian wrestler
- Eldar Nebolsin (b. 1974), an Uzbek classical pianist
- Eldar Rønning (b. 1982), a Norwegian cross-country skier
- Eldar Hadzimehmedović (b. 1984), a Bosnian-Norwegian football player
- Eldar Djangirov (b. 1987), a Kyrgyztani-American jazz pianist, who now performs under his first name.
[edit] Fiction
- Eldar (Middle-earth), a division of the Elves in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
- Eldar (Warhammer 40,000), an ancient race of elf-like aliens in the Warhammer 40,000 fictional universe
- A race of ancient elves in Raymond Feist's Riftwar series
- Eldar (Shining Force III), a character in Shining Force III videogame
- A river in the world of The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
[edit] Other
- Eldar Pine, a species of pines
- Eldar Pine State Reserve in Azerbaijan
- Eldaring, a Germanic Neopagan organization