2-470: Coombe is an alternate spelling of combe , a dry valley. It may also refer to: Combe A combe ( / k uː m / ; also spelled coombe or coomb and, in place names, comb ) can refer either to a steep, narrow valley , or to a small valley or large hollow on the side of a hill; in any case, it is often understood simply to mean a small valley through which a watercourse does not run. The word "combe" derives from Old English cumb and
4-470: Is unrelated to the English word " comb ". From Middle English coumbe, cumbe, from Old English cumb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz; compare Dutch kom (“bowl, basin”), German Kump (“vessel”). Related to Welsh cwm (“a hollow valley”), of identical meaning, through Proto-Indo-European *ḱumbʰ-. Today, the word is used mostly in reference to the combes of southern and southwestern England . The following
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