River Avon

Avon means "river". "River Avon" in England therefore, literally means "River River" as does "Afon Afan" (River Afan) in Welsh.

There are several rivers named "Avon" around the world:

England

River Avon, Devon, Bigbury on Sea near Salcombe

River Avon, Warwickshire through Stratford-upon-Avon

River Avon, Hampshire through Salisbury and Christchurch

River Avon, Bristol through Bath and Bristol

See also List of rivers of New Zealand

Australia

Avon River, Western Australia

Avon River, Western Victoria

Avon River, Eastern Victoria

The name "Avon" comes from the Welsh word afon meaning "river". (It appears that later arrivals to Britain would ask the indigenous people what the local river was called, and were told, in the local language, that it was a river). The etymology of Avon is the Proto-Celtic *abonā, meaning "river".

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