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There are several River Avons. It is based on the Celtic word for river (in modern Welsh Afon), presumably on the basis on non-Celts asking the name of a waterway and being told it was a river.

Avon is the name of some places in Canada:
- Avon, New Brunswick
- New Avon, New Bruncswick
- Avonport-Wolfville, Nova Scotia
- Black Avon, Nova Scotia
- Avon, Ontario
- Avonbank, Ontario
- Avondale, Ontario
- Avonmore, Ontario
- Avonry, Ontario
- Avonton, Ontario
- Avonhurst, Saskatchewan
- Avonlea, Saskatchewan

Avon is the name of some places in the United States of America:

The County of Avon was a former county of England, disbanded in 1996.

Avon is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:
- Avon, in the Seine-et-Marne département - a small village near Fontainebleau, about 50 miles south of Paris where G. I. Gurdjieff lived in the early 20th century.
- Avon, in the Deux-Sèvres département
- Avon-la-Pèze, in the Aube département
- Avon-les-Roches, in the Indre-et-Loire département

Avon Products, Inc is a large direct marketing company started in the US. It was famous for the phrase 'Ding, Dong, Avon calling.'

Avon is an imprint of the publishers Harper Collins. It publishes romantic fiction.

Kerr Avon was a character in the Blake's 7 science fiction television series.

Earl of Avon was a title given to Anthony Eden.

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