Avalon (disambiguation)
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There are many uses of the term Avalon:
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Arts and Entertainment
- Avalon is a Contemporary Christian Music group. One of their albums is also titled Avalon.
- Avalon was a 1990 film directed by Barry Levinson.
- Avalon was a Japanese film directed by Mamoru Oshii.
- Avalon was the final album of the British group Roxy Music, which includes a song also entitled "Avalon."
- Avalon is a web comic written by Josh Phillips.
- Frankie Avalon is an American singer and actor popular during the 1950s and 1960s.
- Avalon is a song by the Icelandic musical band Sigur Rós included in their album Ágćtis byrjun (1999).
- Avalon is the name of a computer game released on the ZX Spectrum in the 1980s.
- The Avalon Boys were a 1930s musical group.
- The Avalon Boys are a 21st century musical group.
Fiction
- Avalon is a legendary island located in the British Isles.
- Avalon is a world in the Amber series of novels by Roger Zelazny.
- Avalon is the surname of four American version Cardcaptor Sakura characters: Sakura Avalon, Tori Avalon, Aiden Avalon, and Natasha Avalon.
- Avalon is the name of a space station from Marvel Comics's X-Men series.
Geography
Avalon is the name of a number of places in North America:
- Avalon, Alberta
- Avalon Park, Ontario
- Avalon, Saskatchewan
- Avalon, California (located on Santa Catalina Island)
- Avalon, New Jersey
- Avalon, Pennsylvania
- the Avalon Peninsula and the Isthmus of Avalon, Newfoundland
- the Avalon (electoral district) (as of 2004), Newfoundland and Labrador
Avalon is the name of these places in Australia:
- Avalon, New South Wales (beachside suburb in northern Sydney, Australia)
- Avalon, Victoria (located between Geelong and Melbourne, Australia)
- Avalon Airport (A domestic airport servicing Melbourne)
It is also the name of these places in New Zealand:
- Avalon, New Zealand, located in Lower Hutt, is associated with the NZ film and television industry
- Avalon Park, New Zealand, also in Lower Hutt
Technology
- Avalon is a user interface API designed by Microsoft that is expected to be included in Windows Longhorn. See also Windows Graphics Foundation for an article under a more formal name for Avalon.
- The Avalon is an automobile model manufactured by Toyota Motor Corporation.
- Avalon (DSRV) is a type of U.S. Navy Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV).
- The Avalon Project is a digital library of documents held by the Yale Law School.
- The Apache Avalon Project is a component-oriented programming framework developed by the Apache Software Foundation.
- Avalon is the name of an education and research facility operated by The Geek Group.
Schools
- Avalon is the name of a school in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Business
- The Avalon Group is the name of a real estate development company, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.