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The name ''Belkondíl'' in this form seems to have originated as an adjective denoting relation to ''Belkontár'', which itself derives from Proto-Ortûlékian ''*bêl-kond-tar'' 'land by the rivers', appealing to the region's location around the rivers [[River Cëlac|Cëlac]] and [[River Brethan|Brethan]]. Later, the adjectival form became more prominent in use and eventually replaced the original label, a development commonly seen in Olgish place names. The old form ''Belkontár'' is still preserved in HArb. 'Elkontar', in Aribelian Myth the name of the First White City and capital of Almen, the legendary country of Aribelian origin south of the Ilathw.  

According to the (much younger) Lonsorigi, the Ortûlékian form of the name has been in use since the very beginning of its settlement; it is however not attested in writing until the 10^th century B.E.B. and presumably has its origins in the tumultous conflicts of the preceding three centuries, initially vaguely denoting the area of Olgish dominion, sometimes including but usually explicitly separate from the Soskish sphere of influence. The first use of the term in its later context is found in the Claims of Enethin.

The most common epithet for Belkondíl might be the ''Country of Dark-Green Meadows'' (MOlg. ''Iranatimuritar''), in reference to its mossy fields and moors and often in contrast with the ''Country of Light-Green Meadows'' (MOlg. ''Iranolikuritar''), which is usually applied to Seligon, especially the fertile plains around the River Eargliss. In Iilish, the country is called ''Bealamas'' 'Land of the Burning Hills'. The Old Besokian term, as evidence in the Nishunâc World Map, was ''Tûnûshetor'' 'Great Marsh', hence Proto-Soskish ''Tûnustu'' and Môrethic ''Dûnutu''.