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Snowdon.

A placename:

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈsnəʊ.dən/Received-Pronunciation/ˈsnoʊ.dən/General-American
  1. A placename: The highest mountain in Wales at 1,085 metres (3560 feet) high, in the county of Gwynedd (OS grid ref SH6054).

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  2. A placename: A hill 495 metres high (1625 feet), on Dartmoor, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6668).

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  3. A placename: A neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, named after James Snowdon.

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  4. An English habitational surname from toponymy [in turn from Old English] for someone who lived in any of these places.

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Where this word comes from

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

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