Avalon

or Av·al·lon

[ av-uh-lon ]
/ ˈæv əˌlɒn /

noun Celtic Legend.

an island, represented as an earthly paradise in the western seas, to which King Arthur and other heroes were carried at death.

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Origin of Avalon

< 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; see apple
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Avalon
/ (ˈævəˌlɒn) /

noun

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 Origin for Avalon

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