Avon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.vən/
ipa: /ˈeɪ.vɑn/
ipa: /ˈɑːn/
rhymes: -eɪvən
rhymes: -eɪvɑn
rhymes: -ɑːn
Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”). Compare with Welsh afon.
Senses: glosses: 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.
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A river in Devon, England; running from Dartmoor into the English Channel at Bigbury-on-Sea.
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A river in Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, England; running from Naseby into the Severn at Tewkesbury, and known as the Warwickshire Avon.
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A river in Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset, England; running from Pewsey into the English Channel at Mudeford.
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A river in Hampshire, England; running from the New Forest into the Solent at Keyhaven.
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A river in England; running from Horton into the Berkeley Pill at Berkeley.
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A river mainly in Falkirk council area, Scotland; running from Longriggend into the Firth of Forth at Grangemouth.
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A river in Scotland; running from Loch A'an in the Cairngorms into the Spey at Ballindalloch.
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A river in Scotland; running from Distinkhorn Hill near Strathaven into the Clyde at Hamilton.
glosses: A river in Canada; running from Lake Victoria in Stratford, Ontario into the Thames near St. Marys.
glosses: A river in Canada; running from South Mountain in Nova Scotia to the Minas Basin at Avonport.
glosses: A river in Canterbury, New Zealand; running from Avonhead through the center of Christchurch into Pegasus Bay.
glosses: A river in Marlborough, New Zealand; running from a source in the Marlborough Region into the Waihopai.
glosses: A river in Australia; running from Barrington Tops in New South Wales into the Gloucester River at Gloucester.
glosses: A river in Australia; running from the Illawarra escarpment in New South Wales into the Cordeaux near Wilton.
glosses: A river in Australia; running from Mount Wellington in Victoria into Lake Wellington.
glosses: A river in Australia; running from the confluence of Avon and Reedy Creeks in Victoria into the Richardson River at Banyena.
glosses: 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.
glosses: A place in England:
A former county of England, in existence from 1974 to 1996, consisting of Bristol and parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset.
glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet in Sopley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, by the Hampshire/Dorset River Avon (OS grid ref SZ1498).
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A hamlet in Bremhill parish, Wiltshire, by the Bristol River Avon (OS grid ref ST9576).
glosses: A locality in South Australia.
glosses: A commune of Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.
glosses: A commune of Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
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A city in Ohio.
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A city in South Dakota.
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A city in Minnesota.
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A town in Alabama.
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A town in Colorado.
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A town in Connecticut.
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A town in Indiana; named for the river that flows into the Bristol Channel.
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A town in Maine.
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A town in Massachusetts.
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A town and village New York.
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A town in Wisconsin.
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A census-designated place in Montana.
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A census-designated place in North Carolina.
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A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.
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A census-designated place in Utah.
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A village in Illinois.
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An unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California.
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An unincorporated community in Iowa.
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An unincorporated community in Mississippi.
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An unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Wisconsin.
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An unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin.
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A former settlement in Butte County, California.
glosses: Avon-by-the-Sea.
glosses: 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
Welford-on-Avon