Definition of River avon

1. Noun. A river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn.

Exact synonyms: Avon
Group relationships: England
Generic synonyms: River

2. Noun. A river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn.
Exact synonyms: Avon, Upper Avon, Upper Avon River
Group relationships: England
Generic synonyms: River

Lexicographical Neighbors of River Avon

Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse-Manogian procedure
Ritter's law
Ritter's opening tetanus
Ritter-Rollet phenomenon
Ritual Decalogue
Ritz
Ritz's combination principle
Riva-Rocci sphygmomanometer
Rivas
Rivea corymbosa
River Acheron
River Adige
River Aire
River Arno
River Avon
River Cam
River Cocytus
River Kasai
River Lethe
River Plate
River Severn
River Styx
River Thames
River Trent
River Tyne
Rivera
Rivero-Carvallo effect
Rivers' cocktail
Riverside

Literary usage of River avon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1876)
"On the river avon (Bristol) : its Drainage-Area, Tidal Phenomena, and Dock Works. By THOMAS HOWARD, M.Inst.CE [A communication ordered by the General ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1817)
"river avon. For his heart was as gentle, as keen was And one ... look on his likeness again, river avon. The utmost I ask, is to dwell on thy When my sight ..."

3. Lectures, Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"Leaving this bond of union between England and America, I strolled beside the river Avon, which, like a silver ribbon, threads its way for miles between ..."

4. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"Diagrammatic section across preglacial course of the river avon, Larkhall, Lanarkshire, t, lower till; t-, upper till. borings prove the existence of two ..."

5. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"Leaving this bond of union between England and America, I strolled beside the river Avon, which, like a silver ribbon, threads its way for miles between ..."

6. Court-hand Restored: Or, The Student's Assistant in Reading Old Deeds by Andrew Wright, Charles Trice Martin (1879)
"Ave—river avon, or Avin, in NB Avena Flu.—Avon, in Wiltshire. ... Avinus—The river avon or Avin, Scotland. Avona Flu.—river avon. Avona—R. Nen, Northants. ..."

7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Edward Hall Alderson, William Selwyn (1820)
"... widow, of that part of the navigation of the river Avon called the " Lower Navigation," which runs through the counties of Worcester and Gloucester, ..."

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