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'''Fanuilos''' is an epithet of [[Varda]] and means "bright (angelic) figure ever white (as snow)"<ref>[[The Road Goes Ever On]] p.74</ref> | |||
==Etymology== | |||
The name is a compound of elements: ''[[fân]]'' "veil" (see ''[[fana]]'') or ''[[fan]]'' "white"<ref>{{HM|L}} [[Letter 278]]</ref> and [[Uilos]]. | |||
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[[category:Sindarin names]] | |||
[[category:feminine names]] |