Combe
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A combe or (variant spellings) coombe, coomb or cwm (from Welsh) is the uppermost part of a valley.
Another definition: a short valley or hollow on a hill or coastline. Combes are generally dry valleys in a limestone or chalk escarpment. The term is commonly used in the West Country and in Wales, and may form part of a place name, such as Ilfracombe, Woolacombe, etc. The common English place name Compton has the same derivation.
See also: comb, dell, side valley, escarpment
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[edit] Place names
- Combe, Berkshire, a place in Berkshire (but formerly in Hampshire), England
- Combe, Buckfastleigh, Devon, a place near Buckfastleigh, England
- Combe, Yealmpton, Devon, a place near Yealmpton, England
- Combe, Herefordshire, a place in Herefordshire, England
- Combe, Oxfordshire, England
- Combe, Somerset, England
[edit] Places with combe as one word in part of their name
- Combe Almer, Dorset, England
- Combe Common, Surrey, England
- Combe Down, Somerset, England
- Combe Fishacre, Devon, England
- Combe Florey, Somerset, England
- Combe Hay, Somerset, England
- Combe Martin, Devon, England
- Combe Moor, Herefordshire, England
- Combe Pafford, Devon, England
- Combe Raleigh, Devon, England
- Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset, England
- Combe Throop, Somerset, England
- Monkton Combe, Somerset, England
[edit] Other
- Combe (Middle-earth), a fictional village in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings
- Combe (ethnic group), an ethnic group from Equatorial Guinea
- Combe (business), the company that gave the world Odor Eaters, Clearasil, Lanacane
- Combe International (business), a software and design company located in Sydney, Australia
- "Combe", a poem by Patti Smith from her 1978 book Babel
[edit] See also
- Coombe, disambiguation
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