Avon

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Avon may refer to:

• River Avon (disambiguation), several rivers

Organisations

• Avon Buses, a bus operating company in Wirral, England
• Avon Coachworks, a car body builder established in 1919 at Warwick, England, relaunched in 1922, following refinancing, as New Avon
• Avon Inflatables, a manufacturer of inflatable boats, RIBs and marine safety equipment
• Avon Products, a manufacturer of various cosmetics and personal care products
• Avon (publisher), an imprint of the publisher HarperCollins
• Avon Rubber, a manufacturer of rubber products
• Avon Tyres, a UK car, motorcycle and racing-tyre manufacturer, owned by the Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
• Avon and Somerset Police, a police department in the United Kingdom

People

• John Avon (born 1961), Welsh illustrator
• Avon Cobourne (born 1979), American football running back
• Anthony Eden (1897–1977), British Prime Minister and 1st Earl of Avon
• Avon Honey (1947–2010), American politician from Louisiana
• Avon Long (1910–1984), American singer and actor
• Avon Riley (1958–2020), American football linebacker
• Avon Williams (1921–1993), American politician from Tennessee

Fictional characters

• Justin Alastair, Duke of Avon in the novel These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
• Kerr Avon, a character in the science-fiction television series Blake's 7
• Avon Barksdale, a character in the HBO television series The Wire

Places

Australia

• Electoral district of Avon, a former electorate of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
• Avon, South Australia, former township between Balaclava and Long Plains

Canada

• Avon, Ontario, in the province of Ontario
• New Avon, New Brunswick, in the province of New Brunswick

France

• Avon, Seine-et-Marne, a city in the département of Seine-et-Marne, part of Communauté de communes de Fontainebleau-Avon
• Avon, Deux-Sèvres, a commune in the département of Deux-Sèvres
• Avon-la-Pèze, a commune in the département of Aube
• Avon-les-Roches, a commune in the département of Indre-et-Loire

New Zealand

• Avon (New Zealand electorate)

United Kingdom

• Avon (county), a former county of England
• Avon, Hampshire, a hamlet in the parish of Sopley
• Avon, Wiltshire

United States

• Avon, Alabama
• Avon, Contra Costa County, California
• Avon, Colorado
• Avon, Connecticut
• Avon, Illinois
• Avon, Indiana
• Avon, Iowa
• Avon, Maine
• Avon, Massachusetts
• Avon, Minnesota, a city
• Avon, Mississippi
• Avon, Montana, a town
• Avon (town), New York
  • Avon (village), New York, within the town
• Avon, North Carolina
• Avon, Ohio, a city
• Avon, Pennsylvania, a town
• Avon, South Dakota, a city
• Avon, Utah, a town
• Avon, Wisconsin, a town
• Avon, Rock County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, a borough
• Avon Lake, Ohio, a city
• Avon Park, Florida, a city
• Avon Township (disambiguation)

Other occurrences

• Avon (ship), a ship built in 1884
• HMS Avon, name given to a number British Royal Navy ships
• "Avon" (song), a song by Queens of the Stone Age
• "Avon 1", a song from the album A Bugged Out Mix by Miss Kittin
• Rolls-Royce Avon, a jet engine

See also

• Afon, the Welsh word for river, often anglicised to 'avon'
• Aberavon
• Aven (disambiguation)
• Avondale (disambiguation)
• Avonmore (disambiguation)
• Craigavon (disambiguation)
• Blaenavon
• Cwmavon (disambiguation)

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This page was last edited on 30 May 2024, at 15:28