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Duncombe

Duncombe proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Duncombe (countable and uncountable, plural Duncombes)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A city in Webster County, Iowa, United States.

Forms of Duncombe

pluralDuncombes
alternative formDuncumb

Origin of Duncombe

Habitational surname, from Old English dūn (“hill”) + cumb (“valley”).

Questions about Duncombe

What does Duncombe mean?
Duncombe means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Duncombe?
Duncombe is a proper noun.

Words near Duncombe in the dictionary

  1. duncish
  2. duncishly
  3. duncishness
  4. Dunckley
  5. Dunckleys
  6. Duncombe
  7. Duncombes
  8. Duncumb
  9. Duncumbs
  10. duncy
  11. Dund

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