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  2. Avalon - Wikipedia

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    The meaning and origin of the name Avalon have been long debated by Arthurian scholars as well as Celtic and Romance philologists. [1] Geoffrey of Monmouth in his pseudo-chronicle Historia Regum Britanniae ("The History of the Kings of Britain", c. 1136) calls the place Insula Avallonis, meaning the "Isle of Avallon" in Latin.

  3. History of Santa Catalina Island - Wikipedia

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    Shatto laid out Avalon's streets, and introduced it as a vacation destination to the general public. He did this by hosting a real estate auction in Avalon in 1887, and purchasing a steamer ship for daily access to the island. In the summer of 1888, the small pioneer village kicked off its opening season as a booming little resort town.

  4. Lists of North American place name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Origins of names of cities in Canada; List of U.S. places named after non-U.S. places; U.S. state name etymologies. Lists of U.S. county name etymologies. List of Alabama county name etymologies; List of Alaska borough and census area name etymologies; List of Arizona county name etymologies; List of Arkansas county name etymologies

  5. List of state and territory name etymologies of the United ...

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    The name was initially proposed for the Territory of Colorado until its origins were discovered. Years later it fell into common usage, and was proposed for the Territory of Idaho instead. [30] [31] Plains Apache: ídaahę́: Possibly from the Plains Apache word for 'enemy' (ídaahę́), which was used to refer to the Comanches. [32] Illinois ...

  6. Province of Avalon - Wikipedia

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    The Province of Avalon was the area around the English settlement of Ferryland in what is now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada in the 17th century, which upon the success of the colony grew to include the land held by Sir William Vaughan and all the land that lay between Ferryland and Petty Harbour.

  7. Merlin - Wikipedia

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    The Prophéties de Merlin (c. 1276) contains long prophecies of Merlin (mostly concerned with 11th to 13th-century Italian history and contemporary politics), some by his ghost after his death, interspersed with episodes relating Merlin's deeds and with assorted Arthurian adventures in which Merlin does not appear at all.

  8. VP-Elect Kamala Harris Kept Her Last Name. Here's Why ... - AOL

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    The working mom is an emblem of the 21st century. Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris didn’t change her last name after marrying her husband Douglas Emhoff, and it's kind of a big deal.

  9. Afallach - Wikipedia

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    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 ...