coombe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of combe.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A number of places in England:
  3. A hamlet in Ellesborough parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8406).
  4. A hamlet in Camborne parish, south-west Cornwall (OS grid ref SW6242).
  5. A hamlet in Gwennap parish, south-east of Redruth, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7640).
  6. A small village in Kea parish, near Truro, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW8340).
  7. A settlement near Liskeard, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX2363).
  8. A hamlet in Morwenstow parish, north of Bude, Cornwall (OS grid ref SS2011).
  9. A village in St Stephen-in-Brannel parish, west of St Austell, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9551).
  10. A hamlet near Tipton St John, Ottery St Mary parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY1091).
  11. A settlement in Uplowman parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST0017).
  12. A hamlet in Christow parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8383).

Pronunciation

/cuːm/ LL-Q7979-Soundguys-Coombe.wav

Word forms

coombe coombes

Etymology

From Old English cumb.

Related words

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