Meanings
proper noun
- A microcontinent in the Paleozoic era, crustal fragments of which underlie south-west Great Britain and the eastern coast of North America.
Origin
From Avalon + -ia, named after the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland, Canada.
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Rhymes with Avalonia
EstoniamacedoniaammoniaPatagoniaCataloniaLivoniaLaconiaharmoniasinfoniaSnowdoniaFranconiaFreedoniaPoloniabegoniaAmbazoniaBabyloniaheliconiaWalloniaCydoniaPaeoniaSlavoniaPannoniaSophroniawatsonia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Avalonia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Avalonia
MLA
“Avalonia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Avalonia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Avalonia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Avalonia.
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