Winscombeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Inherited from 中期英語 Wynescumbe, Wynscombe, via Anglo-Norman Winescome, a spelling reinterpretation of 古期英語 *Wīnescumb, from 古期英語 wīn (“wine”) + 古期英語 cumb (“valley”), literally 'The wine valley/combe'.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: wĭns-skəm IPA: /ˈwɪns.kəm/

固有名詞

Winscombe

1. A village in Winscombe and Sandford parish, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4257).
2. A rural locality in south Canterbury, New Zealand.

参照

• MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENTS IN WINSCOMBE PARISH IN NORTH SOMERSET, by Mick Aston, on page 71, at [1]
• Christopher Saxton, Map of Somerset, 1575. Digitised by the South West Heritage Trust, Somerset Archive Catalogue: [2].
• Domesday Book entry for Winscombe (1086), at Open Domesday, edited by Anna Powell-Smith: [3].