Avalon (disambiguation)
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Avalon is an island in the Arthurian legend.
Avalon may also refer to:
Books
- Avalon (novel), a 1965 novel by Anya Seton
- Avalon Series, a series of novels by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Avalon: Web of Magic, a series of children's fantasy novels by the American author Rachel Roberts
Films
- Avalon (1990 film), directed by Barry Levinson
- Avalon (2001 film), a Japanese/Polish film directed by Mamoru Oshii
Comics
- Avalon (webcomic), written by Josh Phillips
- Avalon (DC Comics), a fictional planet
- Avalon (Marvel Comics), a fictional island
Games
- Avalon The 3D Adventure Movie, a 1984 computer game released on the ZX Spectrum by Hewson in the 1980s
- Avalon (MUD), a text-based online game series
- Avalon, a King Arthur-themed variant to the game The Resistance
Music
Bands and performers
- Avalon (Finnish band), a Finnish metal opera project
- Avalon (American group), a contemporary Christian music group
- Avalon (Swedish group), a musical duo made up of the Swedish-Congolese brothers Djo and Mohombi Moupondo
- Frankie Avalon (born 1940), American actor, singer, and former teen idol
- Mickey Avalon (born 1975), rapper
Albums
- Avalon (Roxy Music album), a 1982 album by British group Roxy Music
- Avalon (Avalon album), a 1996 self-titled album by Avalon
- Avalon (Anthony Green album), Anthony Green's 2008 solo debut album
- Avalon (Sully Erna album), a 2010 album by Godsmack singer Sully Erna
- Avalon (soundtrack), the original soundtrack of the 1990 film Avalon
- Avalon Los Angeles CA 24/06/06, a 2006 live 2-disc recording by Sasha (DJ)
Songs
- "Avalon" (Al Jolson song), 1920
- "Avalon" (Roxy Music song), 1982
- "Avalon", a 1999 song by Sigur Rós from the album Ágætis byrjun
- "Avalon", a 1999 song by Blackmore's Night from the album Under a Violet Moon
- "Avalon" a 2005 song by Juliet Richardson
- "Avalon" (Lovebugs song), 2006
- "Avalon", a 2010 song by Bad Religion from the album "The Dissent of Man"
- "Avalon" (Professor Green song), 2011
- "Isle of Avalon", a 2010 song from Iron Maiden's album The Final Frontier
- "Avalon", a 2014 song from Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators' album World on Fire
Businesses
- Avalon Books, a New York-based book publishing imprint (1950-2012), purchased by Amazon.com
- Avalon Publishing Group (1994–2007), a New York publisher, absorbed by Perseus Books Group
- Avalon Guitars, a Northern Ireland guitar manufacturer
- Avalon hotel (Gothenburg), Sweden
- Avalon Hotel (Rochester, Minnesota), USA
- Chateau Avalon, Kansas City, Kansas, USA, a luxury hotel and bed & breakfast
- Avalon Interactive, a now-defunct video game distribution company
- Avalon Mall, St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Avalon Rare Metals, a mineral development company focused on rare metal deposits in Canada
- Avalon Studios, a film and television studio, located in Avalon, New Zealand
- Avalon Waterways, an American ship and river cruise line owned by Globus
- Radio Avalon, originally a pirate radio station near Glastonbury, England in 1983, later a legally recognised station
Organizations
- The Avalon Foundation, founded by Ailsa Mellon-Bruce in 1940 and later merged into the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Avalon Historico-Geographical Society, based in Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Places
Australia
Canada
- Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland
- Avalon (electoral district), Newfoundland
- Province of Avalon, Newfoundland
- Avalon, Ottawa, a neighborhood in a suburb of the city of Ottawa, Ontario
- Avalon, Saskatoon, a neighbourhood in the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
United States
- Avalon (Birmingham, Alabama), listed on the National Register of Historic Places
- Avalon, California, the only city on Santa Catalina Island
- Avalon, Georgia, a town
- Avalon (Alpharetta, Georgia), a planned mixed-use development
- Avalon (New Windsor, Maryland), a historic home listed on the NRHP
- Avalon, Mississippi, an unincorporated community
- Avalon, Missouri, an unincorporated community
- Avalon, New Jersey, a barrier island resort community
- Avalon, Pennsylvania, a borough
- Avalon, Texas, an unincorporated community
- Avalon, Virginia, an unincorporated community
- Avalon, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
- Avalon State Park, North Hutchinson Island, Florida
- Mount Avalon, New Hampshire
- Avalon Dam, on the Pecos River near Carlsbad, New Mexico
Elsewhere
- Avalon, France, a village outside of Pontcharra, Isère
- Avalon, New Zealand, a suburb of Lower Hutt
- Avalon graveyard, in Soweto, South Africa
Schools
- Avalon School (California)
- Avalon School, in St. Paul, Minnesota
- The Avalon School, a private school in Mongomery County, Maryland
Technology
- Avalon Project, a digital library of documents held by the Yale Law School
- Avalon, the codename for Windows Presentation Foundation, a user interface API designed by Microsoft
- Apache Avalon, a computer software framework
- Avalon switch fabric, the peripheral interface used in Altera's Nios II embedded processor
Television
- "Avalon" (Stargate SG-1), the first two episodes of the ninth season of Stargate SG-1
- Avalon, a character from the popular TV show Winx Club
Transportation
- Avalon Boulevard, a north-south thoroughfare in Los Angeles County
- Avalon (Los Angeles Metro station), on the Metro Green Line
- Avalon (RTA Rapid Transit station), a station stop on the RTA Blue Line in Cleveland, Ohio
- Toyota Avalon, a sedan car
- USS Avalon, several US Navy ships
- SS Avalon, several ships
- Belle of Louisville, a steamboat formerly named Avalon
- Avalon Airport in Victoria, Australia
- Independence Avalon, a German paraglider design
Venues and movie theaters
- The Avalon, San Francisco, California
- Avalon Theater (disambiguation)
Other uses
- Avalon Roberts (born 1945), Canadian psychiatrist and political activist
See also
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