Meanings
coombe1
Coombe2
plural Coombes
- countableuncountableA surname.
- A number of places in England:
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Ellesborough parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8406).
- countableuncountableA settlement near Liskeard, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX2363).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Morwenstow parish, north of Bude, Cornwall (OS grid ref SS2011).
- countableuncountableA village in St Stephen-in-Brannel parish, west of St Austell, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9551).
- countableuncountableA hamlet near Tipton St John, Ottery St Mary parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY1091).
- countableuncountableA settlement in Uplowman parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST0017).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Christow parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8383).
- countableuncountableA suburb of Teignmouth, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX9374).
- countableuncountableA settlement in Wotton-under-Edge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7694).
- countableuncountableA small area along Coombe Lane and Coombe Road in the borough of Croydon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3464).
- countableuncountableA suburban area of New Malden, borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2070).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in East Meon parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6620).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Woodnesborough parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2957).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in West Crewkerne parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4009).
- 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).
- countableuncountableThree hamlets, Higher Coombe, Middle Coombe and Lower Coombe, in Donhead St Mary parish, south-west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8922).
- countableuncountableA locality in the south-east of South Australia.
Origin
- Old Englishcumb
- EnglishCoombe
From Old English cumb.
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coombe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coombe
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