an 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.
Origin: < ML (insula) avallonis (Geoffrey of Monmouth) (island) of Avallon, lit., apple tree (island) < a British Celt s. for apple tree, c. Welsh afall (pl. collective), Middle Breton avallenn (sing.), OIr aball (fem.) < *ǫbǫl-n-, c. Slavic *(j)ablanĭ;see apple
[av-uh-lon] 
