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A '''combe''' or (variant spellings) '''[[coombe]]''', [[coomb]] or '''[[Cirque|''cwm]]''' (from Welsh)'' is the uppermost part of a [[valley]].
Another definition: a short valley or hollow on a [[hill]] or [[coastline]]. Combes are generally dry valleys in a [[limestone]] or chalk [[escarpment]]. The term is commonly used in the [[West Country]] and in [[Wales]], and may form part of a place name, such as [[Ilfracombe]], [[Woolacombe]], etc. The common English place name [[Compton]] has the same derivation.
''See also: [[comb]], [[dell]], [[side valley]], [[escarpment]]
==Place names==
* [[Combe, Berkshire]], a place in Berkshire (but formerly in Hampshire), England
* [[Combe, Buckfastleigh, Devon]], a place near Buckfastleigh, England
* [[Combe, Yealmpton, Devon]], a place near Yealmpton, England
* [[Combe, Herefordshire]], a place in Herefordshire, England
* [[Combe, Oxfordshire]], England
* [[Combe, Somerset]], England
==Places with combe as one word in part of their name==
* [[Combe Almer]], Dorset, England
* [[Combe Common]], Surrey, England
* [[Combe Down]], Somerset, England
* [[Combe Fishacre]], Devon, England
* [[Combe Florey]], Somerset, England
* [[Combe Hay]], Somerset, England
* [[Combe Martin]], Devon, England
* [[Combe Moor]], Herefordshire, England
* [[Combe Pafford]], Devon, England
* [[Combe Raleigh]], Devon, England
* [[Combe St. Nicholas]], Somerset, England
* [[Combe Throop]], Somerset, England
* [[Monkton Combe]], Somerset, England
==Other==
* [[Combe (Middle-earth)]], a fictional village in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings
* [[Combe (ethnic group)]], an ethnic group from [[Equatorial Guinea]]
* [[Combe (business)]], the company that gave the world Odor Eaters, Clearasil, Lanacane
* "Combe", a poem by Patti Smith from her 1978 book ''[[Babel (book)|Babel]]''
* Combe Magna, the fictional home of John Willoughby of [[Sense and Sensibility]] by [[Jane Austen]], in [[Devonshire]].
==See also==
* [[Coombe]], disambiguation
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