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Avalon
or Av·al·lon
[ av-uh-lon ]
noun
, Celtic Legend.
- an island, represented as an earthly paradise in the western seas, to which King Arthur and other heroes were carried at death.
Avalon
/ ˈævəˌlɒn /
noun
- Celtic myth an island paradise in the western seas: in Arthurian legend it is where King Arthur was taken after he was mortally wounded
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Avalon1
< Medieval Latin ( insula ) avallonis (Geoffrey of Monmouth) (island) of Avallon, literally, apple tree (island) < a British Celtic stem for apple tree, cognate with Welsh afall (plural collective), Middle Breton avallenn (singular), Old Irish aball (feminine) < *ǫbǫl-n-, cognate with Slavic *( j ) ablanĭ; apple
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Avalon1
from Medieval Latin insula avallonis island of Avalon, from Old Welsh aballon apple
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