Snob Hill
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Meaning · English
Derogatory name for Nob Hill: a neighborhood of San Francisco, California.
Register: derogatory, slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
[…]and the hill itself was called Snob Hill, a term that survives to this day. By 1882 so many estates had sprung up on Nob Hill that Robert Louis Stevenson called it “the hill of palaces.”
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “Snob Hill” mean?
Derogatory name for Nob Hill: a neighborhood of San Francisco, California.
Is “Snob Hill” formal or informal?
Snob Hill is generally derogatory, slang.