Avalon

• Avallon, Avilion

From Latin Avallōnia and īnsula Avallōnis, from Proto-Brythonic *aβaln (“apple tree”), from Proto-Celtic *abalnā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl. Cognate with Welsh Afallon / Afallach.

• enPR: ăv′ə-lŏn′
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): (contemporary) /ˈav.əˌlɒn/, (conservative) /ˈæv-/, (older) /-ˌlɔːn/
• (General American, Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈæv.əˌlɑn/

  (General American, without the cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈæv.əˌlɔn/

  (Canada, without the cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈæv.əˌlɒn/

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈæv.əˌlɔn/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɛv.əˌlɒn/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈav.əˌlɔn/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈav.aˌlɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ævəlɒn
• Hyphenation: Av‧a‧lon

Avalon

2. (Arthurian legend) An island, represented as an earthly paradise in the western seas, to which King Arthur and other heroes were carried at death.
4. A city in Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North America.

• Ávalon (uncommon)
• Avalom (uncommon)
• Avalão (rare)

Borrowed from Latin Avallōnia.

• Hyphenation: A‧va‧lon

Avalon f

2. (Arthurian legend) Avalon (earthly paradise in the western seas, in the Arthurian legend)