English Explanatory Dictionary

Snowdon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. The highest mountain in Wales at 1,085 metres (3560 feet) high, in the county of Gwynedd (OS grid ref SH6054).
  3. A hill 495 metres high (1625 feet), on Dartmoor, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6668).
  4. A neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, named after James Snowdon.
  5. An English habitational surname from toponymy [in turn from Old English] for someone who lived in any of these places.

Pronunciation

/ˈsnəʊ.dən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Snowdon.wav /ˈsnoʊ.dən/

Word forms

Snowdon Snowdons

Etymology

From Old English snāw (“snow”) + dūn (“hill”).

Related words

Snowdown

Derived words

Snowden Snowdonia

Translations

Breton: Gouezva Chinese Mandarin: 斯諾登 /斯诺登 Japanese: スノードン Korean: 스노든 Lithuanian: Snoudonas Macedonian: Сноудон Marathi: स्नोडन Russian: Сно́удон Ukrainian: Сноудон Welsh: yr Wyddfa
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