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Avon was a [[county]] in south west [[England]] created in 1974 to give the city of [[Bristol]] its own county, from parts of [[Gloucestershire]] and [[Somerset]]. It was abolished again in 1996.
Avon is also the name of three rivers in England, and comes from the British ''afon'', meaning "river".