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Avalon (/ ˈ æ v ə l ɒ n /) [note 1] is an island featured in the Arthurian legend.It first appeared in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 1136 Historia Regum Britanniae as a place of magic where King Arthur's sword Excalibur was made and later where Arthur was taken to recover from being gravely wounded at the Battle of Camlann.
Avalon: Legendary Island of Apples, believed by some to be the final resting place of King Arthur. Camelot: The city in which King Arthur reigned. Cantre'r Gwaelod: A legendary ancient sunken kingdom said to have occupied a tract of fertile land lying between Ramsey Island and Bardsey Island. Celliwig
The Avalon Peninsula (French: Péninsule d'Avalon) is a large peninsula that makes up the southeast portion of the island of Newfoundland in Canada. It is 9,220.61 square kilometres (3,560.10 sq mi) in size. [1] The peninsula is home to 270,348 people, about 52% of Newfoundland's population, according to the 2016 Canadian census.
Avalon; Etymology of the country Brazil's name: Brazil § Etymology; Name of Brazil; Irish mythology in popular culture; Inisheer; Tech Duinn, a mythological island to the west of Ireland where souls go after death. Great Ireland, a similarly west-of-Ireland place, Irish myths of which are believed to have influenced the Vikings.
The Welsh redactions of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, Brut y Brenhinedd, associate him with Ynys Afallach, which is substituted as the Welsh name for Geoffrey's Insula Avalonsis (Island of Avalon), but this is fanciful medieval etymology and it is more likely his name derives from the Welsh word afall "apple tree" (modern ...
Avalon is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Ohio River 6 miles (10 km) downstream from Pittsburgh. The population was 4,762 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] It is a residential suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area .
Avalon Studios, a film and television studio, located in Avalon, New Zealand Avalon Waterways , an American ship and river cruise line owned by Globus Chateau Avalon , Kansas City, Kansas, US, a luxury hotel and bed and breakfast
Note further that the etymology given here is in conflict with that given under 'etymology' for the head article Avalon. Martin Turner 14:14, 31 December 2006 (UTC) [ reply ] As no-one has responded here, I've gone back and deleted those sentences, as it looks like someone was posting on the main article when they should have been posting on ...