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The deep, well-defended valley in the northern [[White Mountains]] that held [[Helm's Deep]] and the castle of the [[Hornburg]]. The site of an important battle, the [[Battle of the Hornburg]], during the [[War of the Ring]]. | The deep, well-defended valley in the northern [[White Mountains]] that held [[Helm's Deep]] and the castle of the [[Hornburg]]. The site of an important battle, the [[Battle of the Hornburg]], during the [[War of the Ring]]. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The name | The name has the sense "the deep valley belonging to the Helm's Deep" to which it led up.<ref>{{HM|N}}</ref> | ||
Coomb means "deep valley" as occurs in English place-names in the forms -comb, -cumb, -combe. | |||
[[Category:Valleys]] | [[Category:Valleys]] | ||
[[Category:Regions of Rohan]] | [[Category:Regions of Rohan]] | ||
[[de:Klammtal]] | [[de:Klammtal]] | ||
[[fi:Syvänteensola]] | [[fi:Syvänteensola]] | ||
Revision as of 12:39, 14 October 2010
The deep, well-defended valley in the northern White Mountains that held Helm's Deep and the castle of the Hornburg. The site of an important battle, the Battle of the Hornburg, during the War of the Ring.
Etymology
The name has the sense "the deep valley belonging to the Helm's Deep" to which it led up.[1]
Coomb means "deep valley" as occurs in English place-names in the forms -comb, -cumb, -combe.
