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Avalon

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Av·a·lon  (v-ln)
n.
In Arthurian legend, an island paradise in the western seas to which King Arthur went at his death.
Avalon [ˈævəˌlɒn]
n
(Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) Celtic myth an island paradise in the western seas: in Arthurian legend it is where King Arthur was taken after he was mortally wounded
[from Medieval Latin insula avallonis island of Avalon, from Old Welsh aballon apple]


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"Telegrams delivered to the Vale of Avalon, of course," and she beckoned in an earnest-eyed hound of engaging manners and no engagements, who answered, at times, to the name of Rambler.
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