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Avon
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avon avón avòn
English
Etymology
From en cel-bry-pro *aβon river. Compare with cy afon. en Almond<t:a river in Scotland>.
Pronunciation
en /ˈeɪ.vən/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Avon.wav Southern England
en /ˈeɪ.vɑn/ US
river starting in the Cairngorms en /ˈɑːn/
en eɪvən eɪvɑn ɑːn 2 2 1
Proper noun
A number of rivers in the United Kingdom:
en river co/Wiltshire co/Somerset and city/Bristol cc/England ; running from Acton Turville into the Bristol Channel at Avonmouth.
en river co/Devon cc/England ; running from Dartmoor into the English Channel at Bigbury-on-Sea.
en river co/Northamptonshire co/Leicestershire co/Warwickshire co/Worcestershire and co/Gloucestershire cc/England ; running from Naseby into the Severn at Tewkesbury, and known as the Warwickshire Avon.
en river co/Wiltshire co/Hampshire and co/Dorset cc/England ; running from Pewsey into the English Channel at Mudeford.
en river co/Hampshire cc/England ; running from the New Forest into the Solent at Keyhaven.
en river cc/England ; running from Horton into the Berkeley Pill at Berkeley.
en river mainly in carea/Falkirk cc/Scotland ; running from Longriggend into the Firth of Forth at Grangemouth.
en river cc/Scotland ; running from Loch A'an in the Cairngorms into the Spey at Ballindalloch.
en river cc/Scotland ; running from Distinkhorn Hill near Strathaven into the Clyde at Hamilton.
en river c/Canada ; running from Lake Victoria in Stratford, Ontario into the Thames near St. Marys.
en river c/Canada ; running from South Mountain (Nova Scotia) South Mountain in Nova Scotia to the Minas Basin at Avonport, Nova Scotia Avonport.
en river r/Canterbury c/New Zealand ; running from Avonhead through the center of Christchurch into Pegasus Bay.
en river r/Marlborough c/New Zealand ; running from a source in the Marlborough Region into the Waihopai.
en river c/Australia ; running from Barrington Tops in New South Wales into the Gloucester River at Gloucester.
en river c/Australia ; running from the Illawarra escarpment in New South Wales into the Cordeaux near Wilton.
en river c/Australia ; running from Mount Wellington in Victoria into Lake Wellington.
en river c/Australia ; running from the confluence of Avon and Reedy Creeks in Victoria into the Richardson River at Banyena.
en river c/Australia ; running from near Pingelly in Western Australia to Walyunga National Park, where it merges with Wooroloo Brook to form the Swan.
en place cc/England:
en former county cc/England in existence from 1974 to 1996, consisting of Bristol and parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset.
en hamlet par/Sopley dist/New Forest co/Hampshire, by the Hampshire/Dorset River Avon OS grid ref SZ1498.
en hamlet par/Bremhill co/Wiltshire, by the Bristol River Avon OS grid ref ST9576.
en locality in the carea/Wingecarribee and the carea/Wollongong south eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en locality s/South Australia.
en commune in dept/Seine-et-Marne r/Île-de-France c/France.
en commune in dept/Deux-Sèvres r/Nouvelle-Aquitaine c/France.
en number of places c/USA:
en town co/Houston County s/Alabama.
en unincorporated community co/Contra Costa County s/California.
en former settlement co/Butte County s/California.
en town co/Eagle County s/Colorado.
en town co/Hartford County s/Connecticut.
en village mostly in twp:Suf/Union co/Fulton County s/Illinois.
en twp co/Lake County s/Illinois.
en town co/Hendricks County s/Indiana ; named for the river that flows into the Bristol Channel.
en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Allen co/Polk County s/Iowa.
en twp co/Coffey County s/Kansas.
en town co/Franklin County s/Maine.
en town co/Norfolk County s/Massachusetts. TopoZone: Avon, Massachusetts
en city/and/twp co/Stearns County s/Minnesota.
en unincorporated community co/Washington County s/Mississippi.
en CDP co/Powell County s/Montana.
en town/and/village therein, in co/Livingston County s/New York. TopoZone: Avon, New York
en CDP co/Dare County s/North Carolina.
en city co/Lorain County s/Ohio.
en CDP mostly in twp:Suf/South Lebanon co/Lebanon County s/Pennsylvania.
en minor city co/Bon Homme County s/South Dakota.
en CDP co/Cache County s/Utah.
en town co/Rock County s/Wisconsin.
en unincorporated community co/Lafayette County s/Wisconsin.
en unincorporated community co/Rock County s/Wisconsin.
en British.
Derived terms
en Avon Gorge Avon Park Avon Plains Avon-by-the-Sea Avonbridge Avonmouth Bidford-on-Avon Bradford-on-Avon Newbold on Avon Northavon Rich Avon East Rich Avon West Stratford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Welford-on-Avon
References
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