Meaning and background
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Snowy is an English adjective meaning full of snow, covered in snow or resembling snow in whiteness. It is also widely recognisable as the English name of Tintin’s dog, though that fictional association is a separate matter from the word’s basic definition. A short opening consonant and bright ending make it easy to call. The exact reason for choosing it cannot be inferred from an individual dog’s profile.
- Meaning
- Covered with snow, characterised by snow or snow-white in appearance. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Snowy appears in 46 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/snoʊi/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/snoʊi/ · primary stress on syllable 1S N OW1 IY0
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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