alfobas

place name. *Swan-harbourage

A Noldorin name for ᴹQ. Alqalonde appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/KHOP). It appears to be a combination of alf “swan” and hobas “harbourage”, and possibly replaced the earlier form Alflon.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Alqalonde “Swan-haven” ✧ Ety/KHOP; TII/Alqualondë

Elements

Word	Gloss
alf	“swan”
hobas	“harbourage”