Avalon

Or Av·al·lon

[av-uh-lon]

noun

Celtic Legend.

1. 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

1. Celtic myth an island paradise in the western seas: in Arthurian legend it is where King Arthur was taken after he was mortally wounded

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Avalon¹

from Medieval Latin insula avallonis island of Avalon, from Old Welsh aballon apple

Example Sentences

In May, Councilmember Curren Price, whose district includes much of South Los Angeles, teamed up with Bass to launch an Inside Safe operation on Avalon Boulevard that housed 32 people, and of those, seven have returned to the streets, per city figures.

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Pitts lives on Avalon Boulevard, where he maintains a small garden to memorialize his son Omari Pitts, who was killed in a violent crash from a high-speed police chase in Fontana.

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City crews have sanitized Gage Avenue and Avalon Boulevard in South Los Angeles more than 20 times just this year, according to Price’s office.

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Ms. Burton is the author of five books, including the novel “Here in Avalon.”

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Avalon at Southlands Christian, 12 p.m.

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