amon (“hill, steep-sided mount”) + obel (“walled house or village”) #The second element is found in Obel Halad (possibly “town of chieftain”) .
Edain
obel
noun. town
obel halad
place name. Town of the Chieftain
Sindarin
amon obel
place name. Amon Obel
Amon Obel
noun. hill-village
Amon Obel
Fortified Hill
gobel
town
(in archaic sense, cf. other glosses) ) gobel (i **obel) (enclosed dwelling, walled house or village), pl. gebil (i ngebil** = i ñebil). Archaic pl. *göbil.
gobel
town
(i ’obel) (enclosed dwelling, walled house or village), pl. gebil (i ngebil = i ñebil). Archaic pl. ✱göbil.
Quenya
irin
town
irin noun "town" (LT2:343; hardly a valid word in Tolkien's later Quenya)
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Gnomish
grand
noun. town
Early Noldorin
gwâr
noun. town
Early Quenya
-oran
suffix. town
-uran(do)
suffix. town
irin
noun. town
pelle
noun. town
The hill on which Ephel Brandir was built (S/216). The first element is amon “hill”, but the meaning of the second element is unclear. It might be a lenited form ’obel of gobel “walled house or village, town”, but in Tolkien’s later writings, nouns were not usually lenited in this position. A likelier explanation is that the second element might be the Halathian word obel “town”.