Snowdonia topic
Also known as
- Snowdonia National Park
Snowdonia (Welsh: Eryri) is a region of North Wales and a national park of 838 square miles (2,170 km) in area. It was the first to be designated of the three National Parks in Wales, in 1951.
The English name for the area derives from Snowdon, which is the highest mountain in Wales at 1,085 metres (3,560 ft). In Welsh, the area is named Eryri. One assumption is that the name is derived from eryr ("eagle"), but others state that it means quite simply Highlands, as leading Welsh scholar Sir Ifor...
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