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An ocean island, where King Arthur resided and was buried. The word means “Apple island” (aval, apple; ynʹ, island); and it is generally thought to mean Glastonbury, a name derived from the Saxon glastn (green like glass).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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