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Look up: Avalon

  1. Avalon
    In Celtic mythology, the island of the blessed or paradise; one of the names of the Welsh Otherworld. In the legend of King Arthur, it is the land of heroes, a fruitful land of youth and health...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  2. Avalon
    island to which Britain`s legendary king Arthur was conveyed for the healing of his wounds after his final battle. It is first mentioned in Geoffrey ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/129

  3. Avalon
    Avalon is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Island Paradise, Apple` Where is it used? The name Avalon is mainly used In English. The name Avalon doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Avalon seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Ava

  4. Avalon
    Avalon is the place where King Arthur is said to have gone after disappearing. It is a sort of fairy land.
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  5. Avalon
    In Celtic mythology, the island of the blessed or paradise; one of the names of the Welsh Otherworld. In the legend of King Arthur, it is the land of heroes, a fruitful land of youth and health ruled over by Morgan le Fay; Arthur is conveyed here to be healed of his wounds after his final battle with Mordred. It has been identified since th...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  6. Avalon
    `Avalon` (probably from the Welsh word afal, meaning apple; see Etymology below) is a legendary island featured in the Arthurian legend. It first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth`s 1136 pseudohistorical account Historia Regum Britanniae ("The History of the Kings of Britain") ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon

  7. Avalon
    (disambiguation) `Avalon` is a legendary island in the Arthurian legend. `Avalon` may also refer to: Books : Cinema : Comics : Games : Graveyards : Music : Bands and performers : Albums : Songs : Others : Organizations : General : Schools : Places : Australia: Canada: France: New Zealand: Uni...
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  8. Avalon
    (webcomic) `Avalon` was a webcomic by Josh Phillips set in the fictional city of Avalon, Ontario, Canada. It focused on a group of high school students, and while it was originally gag-a-day, it evolved into a coherent, long-term story with realistic characters. The comic launched on 8...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon

  9. Avalon
    (electoral district) `Avalon` is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Demographics: `Ethnic groups:` <br> : 99.1% White¹ : 0.5% First Peoples `Immigrant population:` 0.85% <br> `Langu...
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  10. Avalon
    (band) `Avalon` is an American contemporary Christian vocal quartet who has earned multiple RIAA-certified gold records, sold four million albums, and released 22 number one Christian hits. Group history: Avalon was formed in 1995 by Grant Cunningham, A&R director at Sparrow Records. Cunn...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon

  11. Avalon
    (novel) `Avalon` is a novel, written by the American author Anya Seton. It was published in 1965. It is a fictional story about the lives of Saint Rumon and Merewyn, set against a broad historical background of Anglo-Saxon England and the Viking expansion to Iceland and Greenland. The ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon

  12. Avalon
    (Scottish band) `Avalon` previously known as `The Medium Wave Band`, was a Scottish folk rock band that started in the 1970s under the original name. It reformed in the mid 1980s and throughout the 1990s under the name Avalon, releasing a number of successful albums. Band leader Erne Parkin d...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon

  13. Avalon
    (Marvel Comics) , see the home-dimension of Merlyn (Marvel Comics)|Merlyn, Roma and the Captain Britain Corps|Magneto`s space station|Providence (comics)|the Age of Apocalypse Avalon|Savage Land--> --> `Otherworld` is a fictional dimension in the Marvel Comics Marvel Universe. It is more comm...
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  14. Avalon
    (DC Comics) `Avalon` is the name of two fictional locations in the DC Comics universe. They are inspired by the mythical Avalon of Arthurian legend. Original Avalon: As in the legend, `Avalon` is a mystical island paradise. In the Vertigo Comics series Madame Xanadu, it is shown to exi...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon

  15. Avalon
    (soundtrack) `Avalon` is the original soundtrack of the 1990 film Avalon starring Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elizabeth Perkins, Kevin Pollak and Elijah Wood. The original score was composed by Randy Newman. The score was nominated for 3 awards: Track listing : # 1914 # Weekend Musicians # Av...
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  16. Avalon
    (group) `Avalon` or `Group Avalon` was a band consisting of `Djo Moupondo` (aka as DJ Djo) and his brother `Mohombi Moupondo` with Congolese ancestry. A multilingual band, they performed songs in Swedish, French, English and Lingala. Djo and Mohombi born to a Congolese father and a Swedish mo...
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  17. Avalon
    (Al Jolson song) "`Avalon`" is a 1920 popular song written by Al Jolson, Buddy DeSylva and accessdate=2009-08-19-->--> It was introduced by Jolson and interpolated in the musicals Sinbad (musical)|Sinbad and Bombo. Jolson`s recording rose to number two on the charts in...
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10 February 2012

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On 10th February 1996, a computer, Deep Blue, beat Russian Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player on the planet, and mankind’s place in the order of things was reshuffled. The match immediately became an iconic symbol of the advances made in artificial intelligence and supercomputing. Kasparov has since retired, like Deep Blue, which now resides in a museum. He has become a vocal advocate for democracy in today’s Russia. read more

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