Combe 428121 225517526 2008-07-14T02:52:32Z Discospinster 82432 rm entry of unclear notability 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 {{disambig}} [[Category:Physical geography]] [[Category:Geology]]