English Explanatory Dictionary

Edgecumbe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after Edgcumbe in Cornwall, England.

Word forms

Edgecumbe

Etymology

From Edgcumbe, from Edgecomb, which is a topographic surname, from Old English eċġ (“edge”) + cumb (“narrow valley”).

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