snowdonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 古期英語 snāw (“snow”) + dūn (“hill”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsnəʊ.dən/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈsnoʊ.dən/
• 韻: -əʊdən

固有名詞

Snowdon (countable and uncountable, plural Snowdons)

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

派生語

参考

• Snowdown