A variant form of Alfobas appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/KHOP), a combination of hobas “harbourage”, the plural form in of the definite article i, and the plural of alf “swan”.
Noldorin
hobas
noun. harbourage
hobas
noun. harbourage
hobas in elf
place name. *Harbourage of the Swans
A noun appearing as {hoban >>} hobas “harbourage” in The Etymologies of the 1930s based on N. hûb “haven, harbour, small landlocked bay” (Ety/KHOP).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. gobos “haven” equated to ᴱQ. kôpa or kôpas (GL/40).