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Latest revision as of 14:19, 25 January 2012
The River Avon may be one of many rivers of that name in Great Britain. It derives from the Old Welsh avon meaning simply "river", which in Modern Welsh is written "Afon". An early Brythonic Celtic origin of the word and the name Avon has reconstructed as abona.
The most famous of these like-named rivers are:
- River Avon, Somerset (on which stand Bath and Bristol)
- River Avon, Warwickshire (which gives a name to Stratford upon Avon)
Also there are:
- River Avon, Banffshire
- River Avon, Devon
- River Avon, Stirlingshire
- River Afan, Glamorgan, sometimes anglicised to Avon and giving a name to Aberavon
- Hampshire:
- Avon Water, Lanarkshire, a tributary of the River Clyde
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