Edgecumbe

English

Etymology

From Edgcumbe, from Edgecomb, which is a topographic surname, from Old English eċġ (“edge”) + cumb (“narrow valley”).

Proper noun

Edgecumbe

  1. A town in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after Edgcumbe in Cornwall, England.

References

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