Cllr John Pughe Roberts’ motion also called for the park to use Eryri rather than Snowdonia in future. Authority chiefs have instead set up a working group to consider its future policy on Welsh place names.
An earlier petition calling for the national park to drop Snowdon and Snowdonia was rejected by the Senedd last year after it was found to be the responsibility of the park itself rather than Cardiff Bay.
But a meeting of authority members yesterday (Wednesday) responded to Cllr Pughe Roberts’ motion by saying further discussions were needed on the implications of only using the Welsh forms.
It’s understood a task group will look to adapt guidelines on the general use of Welsh place names.
Previous efforts have been made to drop the English forms including one from language pressure group Cymuned in 2003, who claimed the area only became known as Snowdonia due to Victorian day-trippers.
Cllr Roberts said after the meeting: “I’m naturally disappointed as I felt this was a real chance to make a statement on the need to protect our indigenous Welsh place names.
“There’s much talk of people wrongly changing Welsh house names into English and long established place names being eradicated, but the public sector has a duty to lead the way here rather than insisting on this bureaucracy of kicking the can down the road to another committee.”
He said he would not give up and will continue to put pressure on the authority and for the outcome of the working group to be made public as soon as possible.
In response, national park chair Wyn Ellis Jones, said: “Authority members decided that there was no need to consider the motion today as a Welsh place names task and finish group has already been appointed.
“This follows previous consideration by the members in a working group which recommended to establish and adopt guidelines to guide the use of place names by the SNPA. Members will consider these issues once the Task and Finish group is able to make recommendations.
“The authority is committed to protect and promote the use of native place names for everyday use and future generations.”