Avon

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Contents 1 Places 1.1 Rivers 1.2 Australia 1.3 Canada 1.4 France 1.5 Great Britain 1.6 United States 2 Businesses and brands 3 People (real and fictional) 4 Other

Avon may refer to:

[edit] Places

[edit] Rivers

• River Avon, various rivers
• Avon Water, a river in Scotland
• Avon River, New Zealand, a river at Christchurch

[edit] Australia

• Avon, South Australia

[edit] Canada

• Avon, New Brunswick, in the province of New Brunswick
• Avon, Ontario, in the province of Ontario
• Black Avon, Nova Scotia, in the province of Nova Scotia
• New Avon, New Brunswick, in the province of New Brunswick

[edit] France

• Avon, Seine-et-Marne, a commune in the département of Seine-et-Marne
• Avon, Deux-Sèvres, a commune in the département of Deux-Sèvres
• Avon-la-Pèze, a commune in the département of Aube
• Avon-les-Roches, a commune in the département of Indre-et-Loire

[edit] Great Britain

• Avon (county), a former county of England

[edit] United States

• Avon, Alabama
• Avon, Colorado
• Avon, Connecticut
• Avon, Illinois
• Avon, Indiana
• Avon, Maine
• Avon, Massachusetts
• Avon, Minnesota, a city
• Avon, Montana, a town
• Avon (town), New York, a town
• Avon (village), New York, a village
• Avon, North Carolina
• Avon, Ohio, a city
• Avon, Pennsylvania, a town
• Avon, South Dakota, a city
• Avon, Utah, a town
• Avon, Wisconsin, a town
• Avon-by-Sea, New Jersey, a borough
• Avon Lake, Ohio, a city
• Avon Park, Florida, a city

There are also several Avon Townships.

[edit] Businesses and brands

• Avon (publishers), an imprint of the publisher HarperCollins
• Avon Inflatables, Ltd, a manufacturer of inflatable boats, RIBs and marine safety equipment
• Avon Products Incorporated, a manufacturer of cosmetics, perfume and toy seller.
• Avon Namkeens, a Indian Snacks company
• Avon Rubber, a manufacturer of rubber products
• Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Avon Tyres, a UK car, motorcycle and racing-tyre manufacturer, owned by the Cooper Tire Co
• The Rolls-Royce Avon, a jet engine
• Avon Buses, a bus operating company in Wirral, England
• Avon bicycles, an Indian bicycle manufacturer

[edit] People (real and fictional)

• Kerr Avon, a character in the Blake's 7 science-fiction television series.
• Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon
• Justin Alastair, Duke of Avon in the novel These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
• Avon Barksdale, a character in the HBO show The Wire
• Avon Cobourne, American football player

[edit] Other

• Avon (Halakha law) is a "sin of lust or uncontrollable emotion" under Jewish Halakha law
• Avon (game), a mainframe text game
• Avon (song), a song by Queens of the Stone Age
• Avon Flare or Avon Camelot, Book Publisher for Avi, see Avon (publishers)