county of SW England, on the Severn estuary & Bristol Channel: 514 sq mi (1,331 sq km); pop. 933,000
any of three rivers in S & SW England, esp. the one flowing from Northamptonshire into the Severn, on which lies Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace: 96 mi (154 km)
See Avon in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also Upper A·von(āˈvŏn, āˈvən, ăvˈən)
A river of south-central England flowing 154.5 km (96 mi) to the Severn. It is known for its associations with Shakespeare.