# Avon
## English
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”). Compare with Welsh afon.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈeɪ.vən/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈeɪ.vɑn/
* (river starting in the Cairngorms): IPA: /ˈɑːn/
* Rhymes: -eɪvən, -eɪvɑn, -ɑːn

### Proper noun

Avon
* A number of rivers in the United Kingdom:
** A river in Wiltshire, Somerset and Bristol, England; running from Acton Turville into the Bristol Channel at Avonmouth.
** A river in Devon, England; running from Dartmoor into the English Channel at Bigbury-on-Sea.
** A river in Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, England; running from Naseby into the Severn at Tewkesbury, and known as the Warwickshire Avon.
** A river in Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset, England; running from Pewsey into the English Channel at Mudeford.
** A river in Hampshire, England; running from the New Forest into the Solent at Keyhaven.
** A river in England; running from Horton into the Berkeley Pill at Berkeley.
** A river mainly in Falkirk council area, Scotland; running from Longriggend into the Firth of Forth at Grangemouth.
** A river in Scotland; running from Loch A'an in the Cairngorms into the Spey at Ballindalloch.
** A river in Scotland; running from Distinkhorn Hill near Strathaven into the Clyde at Hamilton.
* A river in Canada; running from Lake Victoria in Stratford, Ontario into the Thames near St. Marys.
* A river in Canada; running from South Mountain in Nova Scotia to the Minas Basin at Avonport.
* A river in New Zealand; running from Avonhead into Pegasus Bay.
* A river in New Zealand; running from a source in the Marlborough Region into the Waihopai.
* A river in Australia; running from Barrington Tops in New South Wales into the Gloucester River at Gloucester.
* A river in Australia; running from the Illawarra escarpment in New South Wales into the Cordeaux near Wilton.
* A river in Australia; running from Mount Wellington in Victoria into Lake Wellington.
* A river in Australia; running from the confluence of Avon and Reedy Creeks in Victoria into the Richardson River at Banyena.
* A river in Australia; running from near Pingelly in Western Australia to Walyunga National Park, where it merges with Wooroloo Brook to form the Swan.
* A place in England:
** A former county of England, in existence from 1974 to 1996, consisting of Bristol and parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset.
** A hamlet in Sopley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, by the Hampshire/Dorset River Avon (OS grid ref SZ1498).
** A hamlet in Bremhill parish, Wiltshire, by the Bristol River Avon (OS grid ref ST9576).
* A locality in South Australia.
* A commune of Île-de-France, France.
* A commune of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
* A number of places in the United States:
** A city in Ohio.
** A city in South Dakota.
** A city in Minnesota.
** A town in Alabama.
** A town in Colorado.
** A town in Connecticut.
** A town in Indiana; named for the river that flows into the Bristol Channel.
** A town in Maine.
** A town in Massachusetts.
** A town and village New York.
** A town in Wisconsin.
** A census-designated place in Montana.
** A census-designated place in North Carolina.
** A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.
** A census-designated place in Utah.
** A village in Illinois.
** An unincorporated community of Contra Costa County, California.
** An unincorporated community of Iowa.
** An unincorporated community of Mississippi.
** An unincorporated community of Lafayette County, Wisconsin.
** An unincorporated community of Rock County, Wisconsin.
** A former settlement in Butte County, California.
* Avon-by-the-Sea.
* A British surname.

#### Derived terms

* Avonbridge
* Avon Gorge
* Avonmouth
* Avon Park
* Bidford-on-Avon
* Bradford-on-Avon
* Newbold on Avon
* Stratford-on-Avon
* Stratford-upon-Avon

### Anagrams

* NOVA, NoVA, Nova, Vona, nova