River Avon (Disambiguation)

"River Avon" in England literally means "River River"

• ‘River’ - a large natural flow of water travelling along a channel to the sea, a lake, or another river. Origin Old French, from Latin riparius, from ripa ‘bank of a river’
• ‘Avon’ - a Celtic word meaning simply 'river' (Welsh afon, Gaelic abhainn)

There are a number of other rivers named "Avon" around the world:

England

• River Avon, Devon, Bigbury on Sea near Salcombe
• River Avon, Warwickshire through Stratford-upon-Avon
• River Avon, Bristol through Bath and Bristol

Wales

• River Afan is sometimes anglicised to Avon.

Scotland

• River Avon, Falkirk
• River Avon, Strathspey
• Avon Water, tributary of the River Clyde

Canada

• Avon River, Ontario
• Avon River, Nova Scotia

New Zealand

• Avon River, New Zealand

Australia

• Avon River (Western Australia)
• Avon River (Western Victoria)
• Avon River (Gippsland, Victoria)
• Avon River (New South Wales)