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Whitcombe

Whitcombe proper noun: a village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY717882).

Proper noun

Whitcombe (countable and uncountable, plural Whitcombes)

  1. A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY717882).
  2. A hamlet in Corton Denham parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6323).
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Whitcombe

pluralWhitcombes
alternative formWhitcomb

Origin of Whitcombe

From either Old English wīd (“wide”) or hwīt (“white”) + cumb (“combe, valley”).

Questions about Whitcombe

What does Whitcombe mean?
Whitcombe means a village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY717882).
What part of speech is Whitcombe?
Whitcombe is a proper noun.

Words near Whitcombe in the dictionary

  1. Whitchurch Urban
  2. Whitchurch-on-Thames
  3. Whitchurch-Stouffville
  4. Whitchurches
  5. Whitcomb
  6. Whitcombe
  7. Whitcombes
  8. Whitcombs
  9. Whitcraft
  10. Whitcrafts
  11. white

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