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Holcombe.

A hamlet in Uplyme parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY3193).

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  1. A hamlet in Uplyme parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY3193).

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  2. A village in Dawlish parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX9574).

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  3. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7816).

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  4. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6749).

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  5. A census-designated place in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States.

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  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

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Where this word comes from

From Old English holh (“hollow”) + cumb (“combe, narrow valley”).

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