RIVER AVON

'Avon' means "''river''" and is derived from ''afon'' (pronounced , or approximately "AH-von") in Welsh. ''Afon'' is the Welsh reflex of Proto-Celtic ''
★ abonā'', "river". Variants of Welsh were spoken all across Britain before the Anglo-Saxon conquest of the country. 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 simply "a river". Similar naming errors have occurred with other cultures; for example the Yarra River in Victoria (Australia) was named by European settlers who asked local Wurundjeri Aborigines what the river was called. "'''River Avon'''" in English therefore, literally means "''River River''".
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: Rivers of the United Kingdom
'Wales'

★ River Afan The name Afan is sometimes anglicised to Avon but does not carry the meaning of River in Welsh.
'Scotland'

★ River Avon, Falkirk

★ River Avon, Strathspey

★ Avon Water, tributary of the River Clyde

★ See also: Rivers of the United Kingdom
'Canada'

★ Avon River, Ontario

★ Avon River, Nova Scotia
'New Zealand'

★ Avon River, New Zealand

★ See also List of rivers of New Zealand
'Australia'

★ Avon River (Western Australia)

★ Avon River (Western Victoria)

★ Avon River (Gippsland, Victoria)

★ Avon River (New South Wales)