Avon

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A number of rivers in the United Kingdom:
• river Canada (country) ; running from Lake Victoria in Stratford, Ontario into the Thames near St. Marys.
• river Canada (country) ; running from {{w South Mountain (Nova Scotia) South Mountain in Nova Scotia to the Minas Basin at Avonport}}.
• river New Zealand (country) ; running from {{w Avonhead into Pegasus Bay}}.
• river New Zealand (country) ; running from a source in the {{w Marlborough Region into the Waihopai}}.
• river Australia (country) ; running from {{w Barrington Tops in New South Wales into the Gloucester River at Gloucester}}.
• river Australia (country) ; running from the {{w Illawarra escarpment in New South Wales into the Cordeaux near Wilton}}.
• river Australia (country) ; running from {{w Mount Wellington in Victoria into Lake Wellington}}.
• river Australia (country) ; running from the confluence of Avon and Reedy Creeks in Victoria into the {{w Richardson River at Banyena}}.
• river Australia (country) ; running from near {{w Pingelly in Western Australia to Walyunga National Park, where it merges with Wooroloo Brook to form the Swan}}.
• county England (country) in existence from 1974 to 1996, consisting of Bristol and parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset.
• locality South Australia (state).
• commune Île-de-France (region) France (country).
• commune Nouvelle-Aquitaine (region) France (country).
• A number of places in the United States of America:
• Avon-by-the-Sea.

Origin

• From Proto-Brythonic *aβon ("river"). Compare with Welsh afon.