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whitcombe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables
whit-combe
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY717882).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A hamlet in Corton Denham parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6323).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Whitcombes (plural) Whitcomb (alternative)

Questions

What does whitcombe mean?
A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY717882).
Where does whitcombe come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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