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combe

Combe (noun) means a valley, often wooded and often with no river.

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A valley, often wooded and often with no river
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Etymology

From Middle English coumbe, cumbe, from Old English cumb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz; compare Dutch kom (“bowl, basin”), German Kump (“vessel”). Related to Welsh cwm (“a hollow valley”), Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “hollow”), Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “a pot, jug”), etc. through Proto-Indo-European *ḱumbʰ-.

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"combe" (noun) means a valley, often wooded and often with no river.

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