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Snowdon

//ˈsnəʊ.dən// name

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

Etymology

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

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