Quenya 

andafalassë

place name. Langstrand

The Quenya form of the name S. Anfalas “Langstrand” (PE17/135). It is a compound of anda “long” and falassë “shore”.

Cognates

  • S. Anfalas “Langstrand, (lit.) Long Beach” ✧ PE17/135

Elements

WordGloss
anda“long, far”
falassë“(wave-beaten) shore, seashore, line of surf, (wave-beaten) shore, seashore, line of surf; [ᴹQ.] beach”

Sindarin 

Anfalas

noun. long strand

and (“long”) + falas (“coast, beach, shore”)

Sindarin [Tolkiendil] Group: Tolkiendil Compound Sindarin Names. Published by

Anfalas

place name. 'Langstrand'

topon. 'Langstrand'. Q. Andafalasse. >> falas

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:73:97:135] < ? + PHAL splash. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

anfalas

place name. Langstrand, (lit.) Long Beach

A coastal region in Gondor translated “Langstrand” (LotR/770), a compound of and “long” and falas “beach” (SA/an(d), falas), and thus literally meaning “Long Beach” (VT42/15).

Conceptual Development: This region was named as N. Anfalas “Langstrand” in the drafts of the Lord of the Rings as well (TI/310, WR/287).

Cognates

Elements

WordGloss
and“long”
falas“beach, shore, strand, surf(line)”

Variations

  • An-falas ✧ VT42/15 (An-falas)
Sindarin [LotR/0770; LotRI/Anfalas; LotRI/Langstrand; PE17/073; PE17/097; PE17/135; PMI/Anfalas; RC/773; SA/an(d); SA/falas; UTI/Anfalas; VT42/15] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Anfalas

Anfalas

Anfalas means "Long Shore/Beach" in Sindarin (and + falas). It is also translated as Andafalasse in Quenya and Langstrand in Westron. Tolkien noted that the shortening of long to lang is very frequent in English place-names.

Sindarin [Tolkien Gateway] Published by

Noldorin 

anfalas

place name. Langstrand

Elements

WordGloss
ann“long”
falas“beach, shore”
Noldorin [TI/310; TII/Anfalas; WR/287; WRI/Anfalas] Group: Eldamo. Published by