§ Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names The Silmarillion

gond 'stone' in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo=Sindarin gond, and lindë 'singing, song'); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin,which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen 'Hidden Rock'.

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