Stratford-on-Avon

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  1. A town in Warwickshire, England, birthplace of William Shakespeare. Often used as a byword for a particularly idyllic or historic town.
    — Nuneaton was not a Stratford on Avon, nor had it a salubrious air.
  2. A local government district of Warwickshire with its headquarters in the town.

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词源

From being the location of a river ford for a roadway. From Old Welsh avon (“river”) + Old English ford (“ford”) + Old English strǣt (“street”); from Latin strata (“road”). From being a ford for a British Roman road. The ford itself has subsequently been built over, becoming Clopton Bridge. The river itself has subsequently become named River Avon.
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