Snowdon

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UK/ˈsnəʊ.dən/US/ˈsnoʊ.dən/

proper noun

The highest mountain in Wales at 1,085 metres (3560 feet) high, in the county of Gwynedd (OS grid ref SH6054).

OriginOld English snāw →
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Meanings

proper nounSnowdon (countable and uncountable, plural Snowdons)

plural Snowdons

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

Origin

  1. Old Englishsnāw“snow”
  2. EnglishSnowdon

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

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 斯諾登 /斯诺登
  • 斯諾登 /斯诺登 (Sīnuòdēng)Welsh mountain
Japanese スノードン
  • スノードン (Sunōdon)Welsh mountain
Korean 스노든
  • 스노든 (seunodeun)Welsh mountain
Lithuanian Snoudonas
  • SnoudonasWelsh mountain
Russian Сно́удон
  • Сно́удон (Snóudon)Welsh mountain
Ukrainian Сноудон
  • Сноудон (Snoudon)Welsh mountain
Welsh yr Wyddfa
  • yr WyddfaWelsh mountain

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Snowdon

BodenSnowdenlodenwoaden
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Cite this entry
APA

Snowdon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Snowdon

MLA

“Snowdon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Snowdon. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Snowdon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Snowdon.

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