Avon

Meanings

1. A number of rivers in the United Kingdom:
2. A river in Wiltshire, Somerset and Bristol, England; running from Acton Turville into the Bristol Channel at Avonmouth.
3. A river in Devon, England; running from Dartmoor into the English Channel at Bigbury-on-Sea.
4. A river in Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, England; running from Naseby into the Severn at Tewkesbury, and known as the Warwickshire Avon.
5. A river in Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset, England; running from Pewsey into the English Channel at Mudeford.
6. A river in Hampshire, England; running from the New Forest into the Solent at Keyhaven.
7. A river in England; running from Horton into the Berkeley Pill at Berkeley.
8. A river mainly in Falkirk council area, Scotland; running from Longriggend into the Firth of Forth at Grangemouth.
9. A river in Scotland; running from Loch A'an in the Cairngorms into the Spey at Ballindalloch.
10. A river in Scotland; running from Distinkhorn Hill near Strathaven into the Clyde at Hamilton.
11. A river in Canada; running from Lake Victoria in Stratford, Ontario into the Thames near St. Marys.
12. A river in Canada; running from South Mountain in Nova Scotia to the Minas Basin at Avonport.

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”). Compare with Welsh afon. Doublet of Almond (“a river in Scotland”).