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Latin
Etymology
Also spelled as Avennĭo, from Old Latin Auenion, a Celtic/Ancient Ligurian name ultimately from a pre-Latin/pre-Indo-European substrate hydronym ab-ên, followed by the suffix -i-ōn(e); compare Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”). Found in Ancient Greek as Аὐενιὼν (Аueniṑn) (Strabo), Άουεννίων (Áouenníōn) (Ptolemy).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aveniō f sg (genitive Aveniōnis); third declension
- A town in Gallia Narbonensis, in the territory of the Cavares, now Avignon
Declension
Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- “Avenio”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Avenio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Dauzat, Albert; Rostaing, Charles (1963). Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux en France (in French). Paris: Larousse.
- Rostaing, Charles (1994) . Essai sur la toponymie de la Provence : depuis les origines jusqu'aux invasions barbares (in French). Marseille: Jeanne Laffitte