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Combe
name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 A number of places in England:; A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3760). countable, uncountable
- 3 A number of places in England:; A small village in Brixton parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX5452). countable, uncountable
- 4 A number of places in England:; A hamlet near Scorriton, West Buckfastleigh parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX7068). countable, uncountable
- 5 A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Malborough parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX7138). countable, uncountable
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- 6 A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Wadhurst parish, Wealden district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ6228). countable, uncountable
- 7 A number of places in England:; A hamlet and civil parish in west Herefordshire, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SO3463). countable, uncountable
- 8 A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4116). countable, uncountable
- 9 A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Huish Episcopi parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4128). countable, uncountable
Noun
- 1 A valley, often wooded and often with no river
"its long, latticed window [...] looked out on a wild spreading view of hill and heather and wooded combe."
- 2 A cirque.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English coumbe, cumbe, from Old English cumb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz; compare Dutch kom (“bowl, basin”), German Kump (“vessel”). Related to Welsh cwm (“a hollow valley”), Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “hollow”), Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “a pot, jug”), etc. through Proto-Indo-European *ḱumbʰ-.
Etymology 2
From Old English cumb.
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