English Explanatory Dictionary

Whitcombe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY717882).
  2. A hamlet in Corton Denham parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6323).
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Whitcombe Whitcombes Whitcomb

Etymology

From either Old English wīd (“wide”) or hwīt (“white”) + cumb (“combe, valley”).

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