> > Why are there three (more?) Avon Rivers in the UK?
More. Lots, lots more.
"Avon" is a Welsh (and generic Celtic, if you vary the spelling a bit) word meaning "river". So the invading Saxons, Vikings, or whoever asked the locals what that river was called, and, not speaking the local lingo, ended up with a River Avon. And a Bredon Hill (that's hill-hill Hill). I don't *know* of anywhere in Britain called "your finger you fool", but it's probably out there somewhere :)
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