Gabilān

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Gabilân is the Khuzdul name for the river Sirion.

It probably means "Great River"

Etymology

The word obviously contains the word gabil "great".

*ân is perhaps a word meaning "river" or just a nominal ending[1] (eg. "Great One")

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, p. 336
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