Avalon (disambiguation)

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Avalon is an island in the Arthurian legend.

Avalon may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Comics

• Avalon (Marvel Comics), a fictional island

Film and television

• Avalon (1990 film), a film by Barry Levinson
• Avalon (2001 film), a Japanese/Polish film by Mamoru Oshii
• Avalon (2011 film), a Swedish drama film directed by Axel Petersén
• "Avalon" (Stargate SG-1), the first two episodes of the ninth season of Stargate SG-1

Games

• Avalon (video game), a 1984 video game
• Avalon: The Legend Lives, a text-based online game series
• Avalon, a King Arthur-themed variant to the game The Resistance

Literature

• 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

Music

Bands

• Avalon (Finnish band), a metal opera project formed in 2013
• Avalon (American group), a contemporary Christian music group formed in 1995
• Avalon (Swedish group), a 1999–2008 duo made up of the Swedish-Congolese brothers Djo and Mohombi Moupondo

Albums

• Avalon (Anthony Green album), 2008
• Avalon (Avalon album), 1996
• Avalon (Chaos Divine album) or the title song, 2008
• Avalon (Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge album), 2014
• Avalon (Roxy Music album) or the title song (see below), 1982
• Avalon (Sully Erna album) or the title song, 2010
• Avalon (soundtrack), from the film Avalon, 1990
• Avalon: The Greatest Hits, by Avalon, 2009
• Avalon Los Angeles CA 24/06/06, by Sasha, 2006
• Avalon (EP), by Gabrielle Aplin, 2017

Songs

• "Avalon" (Al Jolson song), 1920
• "Avalon" (Lovebugs song), 2006
• "Avalon" (Professor Green song), 2012
• "Avalon" (Roxy Music song), 1982
• "Avalon", by Bad Religion from The Dissent of Man, 2010
• "Avalon", by Blackmore's Night from Under a Violet Moon, 1999
• "Avalon", by Blur from The Ballad of Darren, 2023
• "Avalon", by Foxygen from Hang, 2017
• "Avalon", by Gamma Ray from Empire of the Undead, 2014
• "Avalon", by Juliet Richardson, 2005
• "Avalon", by Sigur Rós from Ágætis byrjun, 1999
• "Avalon", by Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators from World on Fire, 2014
• "Avalon", by Taku Iwasaki for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (TV series), 2013
• "Isle of Avalon", by Iron Maiden from The Final Frontier, 2010
• "Avalon", by Suicideboys from Long Term Effects of Suffering, 2021

Businesses

• Avalon Books, a New York-based book publishing imprint (1950–2012), purchased by Amazon.com
• AvalonBay Communities, now marketed as Avalon Communities or AVA, an American real estate investment trust and property management firm
• Avalon Entertainment, a television production and management company co-founded by Jon Thoday
• Avalon Guitars, a Northern Ireland guitar manufacturer
• Avalon Hill, an American game company that specializes in wargames and strategic board games
• Avalon Hotel, in Gothenburg, Sweden
• Avalon Hotel (Beverly Hills), in California, US
• Avalon Hotel (Rochester, Minnesota), US
• Avalon Interactive, a defunct video game distribution company
• Avalon Mall, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
• Avalon Publishing Group (1994–2007), a New York publisher, absorbed by Perseus Books Group
• 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
• Chateau Avalon, Kansas City, Kansas, US, a luxury hotel and bed and breakfast
• Radio Avalon, a pirate radio station near Glastonbury, England, in 1983, later a legally recognised station

People

Given name

• Avalon Biddle (born 1992), motorcycle racer from New Zealand
• Avalon Daggett (1907–2002), American filmmaker
• Avalon Emerson (born 1988), American electronic music producer and DJ
• Avalon Robbins (born 2001), American model and actress

Surname

• Frankie Avalon (born 1940), American actor, singer, and former teen idol born Francis Thomas Avallone
• Mickey Avalon, American rapper Yeshe Perl (born 1975)
• Whitney Avalon, American YouTuber
• Arthur Avalon, pseudonym of Sir John Woodroffe (1865–1936), British Orientalist and translator

Places

Australia

• Avalon, Victoria
• Avalon Airport in Victoria, Australia
• Avalon Beach, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney known until 2012 as Avalon
• Australian International Airshow, sometimes called the Avalon Airshow after its hosting airport

Canada

• Avalon (electoral district), Newfoundland
• Avalon, Ottawa, a neighborhood in a suburb of the city of Ottawa, Ontario
• Avalon, Saskatoon, a neighbourhood in the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
• Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland
• Province of Avalon, Newfoundland

United States

• The Avalon (Birmingham, Alabama), or "The Avalon", apartment buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
• Avalon, California, the only city on Santa Catalina Island
• Avalon (Alpharetta, Georgia), a planned mixed-use development
• Avalon, Georgia, a town
• 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, North Carolina, an abandoned mill town
• Avalon, Pennsylvania, a borough
• Avalon, Texas, an unincorporated community
• Avalon, Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Avalon, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Avalon Dam, on the Pecos River near Carlsbad, New Mexico
• Avalon State Park, North Hutchinson Island, Florida
• Mount Avalon, New Hampshire

Other places

• Avalon, France, a village outside of Pontcharra, Isère, France
• Avalon, New Zealand, a suburb of Lower Hutt, New Zealand
• Avalon Cemetery, in Soweto, South Africa

Technology

• Avalon, the codename for Windows Presentation Foundation, a user interface API designed by Microsoft
• Avalon switch fabric, the peripheral interface used in Altera's Nios II embedded processor
• Avalonia (software framework)

Transportation

• For ships, see List of ships named Avalon
• Avalon (Los Angeles Metro station), on the Metro Green Line
• Avalon (MPV) a Sri Lankan armoured vehicle
• Avalon (RTA Rapid Transit station), a station stop on the RTA Blue Line in Cleveland, Ohio
• Avalon Boulevard, a north–south thoroughfare in Los Angeles County
• Independence Avalon, a German paraglider design
• Toyota Avalon, a sedan car produced from 1994
• Toyota Avalon (concept), a concept car introduced at the 1991 Tokyo Auto Show

Other uses

• Avalon Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
• Avalon Foundation, founded by Ailsa Mellon-Bruce in 1940 and later merged into the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• Sakura Avalon, the Cardcaptors name for the titular Cardcaptor Sakura fictional character, Sakura Kinomoto

See also

• Avalon School (disambiguation)
• Avalon Theater (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Avalon
• Avallon, Burgundy, France, a commune
• Avalonia or Avalon terrane, an ancient microcontinent

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