Editing River Avon, Strathspey (section)

== Etymology ==
[[File:Fords of Avon Refuge (geograph 2031763).jpg|thumb|Fords of Avon refuge in [[Cairngorm National Park]]]]
Some authorities state that, in common with various other examples of Avon, the river takes its name from the [[Scottish Gaelic]] ''abhainn'' meaning 'river' or 'stream'. The word, in common with the [[Welsh language|Welsh]] ''afon'', is thought to originate from an early [[Proto-Indo-European language|Indo-European]] root ''ab'' or ''aub''.<ref>Ross, D. 2001 ''Scottish Place-names'' Birlinn, Edinburgh</ref><ref>{{Gaelic Placenames}}</ref> Watson (1926) however, is of the view that the derivation is from the "[[Common Brittonic|early British]] ''Abone'' not Gaelic ''abhainn''", the former being the precursor of both [[Pictish language|Pictish]] and Gaelic.<ref>[[William J. Watson|Watson, W. J.]] (1994) ''The Celtic Place-Names of Scotland''. Edinburgh; Birlinn. ISBN 1841583235. First published 1926. p.430 </ref> Whatever the exact derivation, all agree that the name has the [[List of tautological place names|tautological meaning]] of 'river river'.

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