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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Av•a•lon (av′ə lon′),USA pronunciation n. [Celtic Legend.]- Place Names, Mythologyan island, represented as an earthly paradise in the western seas, to which King Arthur and other heroes were carried at death.
Also, Av′al•lon′. - *ǫbǫl-n-, cognate with Slavic *(j)ablanĭ; see apple
- a British Celtic stem for apple tree, cognate with Welsh afall (plural collective), Middle Breton avallenn (singular), Old Irish aball (feminine)
- Medieval Latin (insula) avallonis (Geoffrey of Monmouth) (island) of Avallon, literally, apple tree (island)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Avalon /ˈævəˌlɒn/ n - an island paradise in the western seas: in Arthurian legend it is where King Arthur was taken after he was mortally wounded
Etymology: from Medieval Latin insula avallonis island of Avalon, from Old Welsh aballon apple |