coombe

C3O1O1M3B3E1
UK/cuːm/

proper noun

A surname.

UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

coombe1

nouncoombe (plural coombes)

plural coombes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of combe.

Coombe2

proper nounCoombe (countable and uncountable, plural Coombes)

plural Coombes

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. A number of places in England:
    1. countableuncountableA hamlet in Ellesborough parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8406).
    2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Camborne parish, south-west Cornwall (OS grid ref SW6242).
    3. countableuncountableA hamlet in Gwennap parish, south-east of Redruth, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7640).
    4. countableuncountableA small village in Kea parish, near Truro, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW8340).
    5. countableuncountableA settlement near Liskeard, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX2363).
    6. countableuncountableA hamlet in Morwenstow parish, north of Bude, Cornwall (OS grid ref SS2011).
    7. countableuncountableA village in St Stephen-in-Brannel parish, west of St Austell, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9551).
    8. countableuncountableA hamlet near Tipton St John, Ottery St Mary parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY1091).
    9. countableuncountableA settlement in Uplowman parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST0017).
    10. countableuncountableA hamlet in Christow parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8383).
    11. countableuncountableA suburb of Teignmouth, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX9374).
    12. countableuncountableA settlement in Wotton-under-Edge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7694).
    13. countableuncountableA small area along Coombe Lane and Coombe Road in the borough of Croydon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3464).
    14. countableuncountableA suburban area of New Malden, borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2070).
    15. countableuncountableA hamlet in East Meon parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6620).
    16. countableuncountableA hamlet in Woodnesborough parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2957).
    17. countableuncountableA hamlet in West Crewkerne parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4009).
    18. countableuncountableA hamlet in Creech St Michael parish and West Monkton parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, previously in Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST2729).
    19. countableuncountableA hamlet in Enford parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1550).
    20. countableuncountableThree hamlets, Higher Coombe, Middle Coombe and Lower Coombe, in Donhead St Mary parish, south-west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8922).
  3. countableuncountableA locality in the south-east of South Australia.

Origin

  1. Old Englishcumb
  2. EnglishCoombe

From Old English cumb.

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APA

coombe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coombe

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Chicago

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