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The name is a compound of elements: ''[[fân]]'' "veil" (see ''[[fana]]'') or ''[[fan]]'' "white"<ref>{{ | The name is a compound of elements: ''[[fân]]'' "veil" (see ''[[fana]]'') or ''[[fan]]'' "white"<ref>{{L|211}}</ref> and [[Uilos]]. | ||
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[[category:Sindarin names]] | [[category:Sindarin names]] | ||
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Fanuilos is an epithet of Varda and means "bright (angelic) figure ever white (as snow)"[1]
Etymology
The name is a compound of elements: fân "veil" (see fana) or fan "white"[2] and Uilos.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann, The Road Goes Ever On, "A Elbereth Gilthoniel", p. 74
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 211, (dated 14 October 1958)
