Avon

• 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:
  • Avon, Connecticut
  • Avon, Indiana
  • Avon, Massachusetts
  • Avon, Minnesota
  • Avon (town), New York
  • Avon (village), New York
  • Avon, North Carolina
  • Avon, Ohio
  • Avon, South Dakota
  • Avon, Wisconsin
  • Avon-by-Sea, New Jersey
  • Avon Lake, Ohio
  • Avon Park, Florida

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

• It is the name of a small village in the Fontainebleau district of France aboout 50 miles south of Paris where G. I. Gurdjieff lived in the early 20th century. See Avon, France.

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

• 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.