English Explanatory Dictionary

Winscombe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Winscombe and Sandford parish, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4257).
  2. A rural locality in south Canterbury, New Zealand.

Pronunciation

wĭns-skəm /ˈwɪns.kəm/ LL-Q1860_(eng)-Xavier_hillier-Winscombe.wav

Word forms

Winscombe

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Wynescumbe, Wynscombe, via Anglo-Norman Winescome, a spelling reinterpretation of Old English *Wīnescumb, from Old English wīn (“wine”) + Old English cumb (“valley”), literally 'The wine valley/combe'.

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