Avon.
A number of rivers in the United Kingdom:
Meaning & usage
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.
A number of rivers in the United Kingdom: A river in Devon, England; running from Dartmoor into the English Channel at Bigbury-on-Sea.
A number of rivers in the United Kingdom: A river in Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, England; running from Naseby into the Severn at Tewkesbury, and known as the Warwickshire Avon.
A number of rivers in the United Kingdom: A river in Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset, England; running from Pewsey into the English Channel at Mudeford.
A number of rivers in the United Kingdom: A river in Hampshire, England; running from the New Forest into the Solent at Keyhaven.
A number of rivers in the United Kingdom: A river in England; running from Horton into the Berkeley Pill at Berkeley.
A number of rivers in the United Kingdom: A river mainly in Falkirk council area, Scotland; running from Longriggend into the Firth of Forth at Grangemouth.
A number of rivers in the United Kingdom: A river in Scotland; running from Loch A'an in the Cairngorms into the Spey at Ballindalloch.
A number of rivers in the United Kingdom: A river in Scotland; running from Distinkhorn Hill near Strathaven into the Clyde at Hamilton.
A river in Canada; running from Lake Victoria in Stratford, Ontario into the Thames near St. Marys.
A river in Canada; running from South Mountain in Nova Scotia to the Minas Basin at Avonport.
A river in Canterbury, New Zealand; running from Avonhead through the center of Christchurch into Pegasus Bay.
A river in Marlborough, New Zealand; running from a source in the Marlborough Region into the Waihopai.
A river in Australia; running from Barrington Tops in New South Wales into the Gloucester River at Gloucester.
A river in Australia; running from the Illawarra escarpment in New South Wales into the Cordeaux near Wilton.
A river in Australia; running from Mount Wellington in Victoria into Lake Wellington.
A river in Australia; running from the confluence of Avon and Reedy Creeks in Victoria into the Richardson River at Banyena.
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.
A place in England: A former county of England, in existence from 1974 to 1996, consisting of Bristol and parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset.
A place in England: A hamlet in Sopley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, by the Hampshire/Dorset River Avon (OS grid ref SZ1498).
A place in England: A hamlet in Bremhill parish, Wiltshire, by the Bristol River Avon (OS grid ref ST9576).
A locality in the Wingecarribee council area and the Wollongong council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
A locality in South Australia.
A commune in Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.
A commune in Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Houston County, Alabama.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California.
A number of places in the United States: A former settlement in Butte County, California.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Eagle County, Colorado.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
A number of places in the United States: A village mostly in Union Township, Fulton County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Lake County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Hendricks County, Indiana; named for the river that flows into the Bristol Channel.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Allen Township, Polk County, Iowa.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Coffey County, Kansas.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Franklin County, Maine.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
A number of places in the United States: A city and township in Stearns County, Minnesota.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Washington County, Mississippi.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Powell County, Montana.
A number of places in the United States: A town and village therein, in Livingston County, New York.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Dare County, North Carolina.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Lorain County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place mostly in South Lebanon Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Bon Homme County, South Dakota.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Cache County, Utah.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Wisconsin.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin.
A British surname.
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”). Compare with Welsh afon. Doublet of Almond (“a river in Scotland”).
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