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Coomb Height

hill or mountain · Cumberland/Westmorland and Furness · 627m

Birkett
Old EnglishAI-generated

This name combines a Celtic term for a valley with an Old English term for a hill. 'Coomb' is from Brittonic, meaning valley, and 'height' refers to the elevated ground.

Word origins

Coomb
Brittonicvalley(from cwm "valley")
Height
Old Englishhigh ground, hill(from hēaþ "high ground")