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Avoca

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Avoca, Australia, Ireland, USA 1. Australia (Victoria): named after the Avoca in Ireland. It was founded in 1852, following the death of Thomas Moore (1779–1852), the Irish poet.2. USA (New York): named by a resident of New York in a reference to Thomas Moore's poem Sweet Vale of Avoca, an allusion to the Avoca in County Wicklow, Ireland.

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Avoca

A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | | Copyright

Avoca. Variation of the place-name oboxa, as found in Ptolemy's geography (2nd cent. AD), which is identical with the modern Avonmore, Co. Wicklow, 3 miles S of Rathdrum. Avoca was popularized in Thomas Moore's (1779–1852) song ‘The Meeting of the Waters’. The waters are the Avonmore and Avonbeg rivers.

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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Avoca." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Avoca

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Avoca or Ovoca , river, c.15 mi (24 km) long, formed by the union of the Avonmore and Avonbeg rivers, in Co. Wicklow, E Republic of Ireland. It flows SE to the Irish Sea at Arklow. The river is celebrated by Thomas Moore 's poem "Meeting of the Waters."

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Avoca

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Avoca (Abhóca) (river) Wicklow. The name was adopted from Ptolemy's Oboka (2nd cent.) for a length of the Avonmore.

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Ovoca

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Ovoca see Avoca , river, Ireland.

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