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I saw reference to Cully and I thought that I'd mention that I live in a village near Cullompton in Devon and that the town is often referred to as Cully by local residents. -
Are you goin' Cully today?,
He lives in Cully!
You can buy that in Cully.
Cully's in Mid Devon.
Are you goin' Cully today?,
He lives in Cully!
You can buy that in Cully.
Cully's in Mid Devon.
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Not unexpectedly the town was first recorded as Columtune (the e is probably just a grammatical marker for an oblique declension), named from an eponymous Colum (like the saint), from Latin Columba (dove), via a British language. In this case you could say Cully is a short form or diminutive of Columba
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