Avenio

Latin Alternative forms la Avenniō Etymology Also spelled as la Avennĭo, from la itc-ola Auenion, a la cel/la xlg - name ultimately from a pre-Latin/pre-Indo-European la qfa-sub - hydronym ab-ên, followed by the suffix la -i-ōn(e); compare cel-pro *abū river. Found in Ancient Greek as grc Аὐενιὡν (Strabo), grc Άουεννίων (Ptolemy). Pronunciation Aveniō Proper noun Aveniō<3.loc> f la town p/Gallia Narbonensis, in the territory of the Cavares, now Avignon Declension Aveniō<3.loc> Derived terms la Avennicus Further reading Dauzat, Albert; Rostaing, Charles (1963). Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux en France (in French). Paris: Larousse. Rostaing, Charles (1994) [1950]. Essai sur la toponymie de la Provence : depuis les origines jusqu'aux invasions barbares (in French). Marseille: Jeanne Laffitte la France