Etymology

Snowdon

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Today it means: The highest mountain in Wales at 1,085 metres (3560 feet) high, in the county of Gwynedd (OS grid ref SH6054). Full definition →

Old English snāw
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromsnāw“snow”
  2. English todaySnowdon

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

Words from the same roots

Old Englishsnāw all →

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