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

When you arrive on Avalon, Chet’s Hardware offers small canisters.

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I woke in Avalon and pedaled my fat bike along Pebbly Beach Road to the turnoff for Wrigley Road.

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Stagecoach descended to Avalon, the hard road quickly dropping with forever views of the big blue ocean.

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On its website, the conservancy says it considered and ruled out all of those options except sterilization, which could be used for some deer around the city of Avalon.

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As first reported in Deadline, the claimants, represented by law firm Edwin Coe, have filed a High Court complaint against Avalon, citing copyright and design right concerns.

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