The English name for the area derives from Snowdon, which is the highest
mountain in Wales at 3,560 ft (1,085 m). 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 Williams proved. In the Middle Ages the title
Prince of Wales and Lord of Snowdonia (
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