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Cwm

//kuːm// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village and community in Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1805).
  2. 2
    A small village and community in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0677).
Noun
  1. 1
    A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.

    "A fine glacier descends from Mount Longstaff. It has cut very deep and the walls stand at an angle of at least 50°. Otherwise, although there are many cwms on the lower ranges, the mountains themselves seem little carved."

  2. 2
    Initialism of Cincinnati water maze. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from Welsh cwm (“valley”). Doublet of combe.

Etymology 2

From Welsh cwm.

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