Avalon
Meaning
Proper Noun
- An island, represented as an earthly paradise in the western seas, to which King Arthur and other heroes were carried at death.
- city Los Angeles County (county) California (state) US (country), on the island of Catalina.
Origin
- From Latin Avallōnia and īnsula Avallōnis, from Proto-Brythonic *aβal, from Proto-Celtic *abalom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.
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