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Avon Definition

Avon (ā′vän′, ā′vən)

  1. county of SW England, on the Severn estuary & Bristol Channel: 514 sq mi (1,331 sq km); pop. 933,000

  2. 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)

Avon Quotes

Sweet Swan of Avon! What a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza, and our James!

—Jonson, Ben

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