a former county of SW England, created in 1974 from areas of N Somerset and S Gloucestershire: replaced in 1996 by the unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset (Somerset), North Somerset (Somerset), South Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire), and Bristol
2.
a river in central England, rising in Northamptonshire and flowing southwest through Stratford-on-Avon to the River Severn at Tewkesbury. Length: 154 km (96 miles)
3.
a river in SW England, rising in Gloucestershire and flowing south and west through Bristol to the Severn estuary at Avonmouth. Length: 120 km (75 miles)
4.
a river in S England, rising in Wiltshire and flowing south to the English Channel. Length: about 96 km (60 miles)
Avon in British English2
(ˈeɪvən)
noun
Earl of
title of (Anthony) Eden1
Avon in American English
(ˈeɪˌvɑn; ˈeɪvən)
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, onwhich lies Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace: 96 mi (154 km)