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Coombe
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| coomb, combe, coombe or comb (kuːm) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | chiefly (Southern English) a short valley or deep hollow, esp in chalk areas |
| 2. | chiefly (Northern English) another name for cirque |
| [Old English cumb (in place names), probably of Celtic origin; compare Old French combe small valley and Welsh cwm valley] | |
| combe, combe, coombe or comb | |
| —n | |
| [Old English cumb (in place names), probably of Celtic origin; compare Old French combe small valley and Welsh cwm valley] | |
| coombe, combe, coombe or comb | |
| —n | |
| [Old English cumb (in place names), probably of Celtic origin; compare Old French combe small valley and Welsh cwm valley] | |
| comb, combe, coombe or comb | |
| —n | |
| [Old English cumb (in place names), probably of Celtic origin; compare Old French combe small valley and Welsh cwm valley] | |
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Word Origin & History
coomb
"deep hollow or valley, especially on flank of a hill," mainly surviving in place names, from O.E. cumb, probably a British word, from Celt. base *kumbos (cf. Welsh cwm in same sense).
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