Snowdon
pronunciation
How to pronounce Snowdon in British English:
UK [ˈsnəudən]
How to pronounce Snowdon in American English:
US [ˈsnodn]
Word Origin
- Snowdon
- mountain in Caernarvonshire, northern Wales, from English snow (n.) + Old English dun "hill, mountain" (see down (n.2); presumably translating a former Celtic name. The height is snow-covered much of the year.
Example
- 1. Snowdon is a high mountain .
- 2. Pleased to meet you . I 'm geoff snowdon . I haven 't seen you around before .
- 3. A girl who went missing during a family outing to mount snowdon has been found dead on the mountainside .
- 4. Sir chris bonington carried the flame to the top of snowdon in gwynedd , north wales .
- 5. The highest mountain in wales , mount snowdon is located in the northwest .