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.
Noldorin
alf
noun. swan
alf
noun. swan
alflon
place name. *Swan-haven
alfobas
place name. *Swan-harbourage
lhoth
noun. flower, inflorescence, a head of small flowers
The noun is collective, a single flower being lotheg
lhothod
noun. (single) flower
lothod
noun. (single) flower
nifredil
noun. a pale winter flower, snowdrop
A Noldorin name for ᴹQ. Alqalonde appearing on the earliest Silmarillion maps (SM/250-1, 261). It appears to be a combination of alf “swan” and the lenited form of lhonn “haven”.