AVIGNON

— Avenio, ‘Windy City’— (43° 58’ N., 4° 49’.), town, on Rhone, France; founded by Phoczeans, 539 B.C.; ancient cathedral and palace; residence of popes (1309-76), to whom city belonged until annexation to France, 1791; medieval bridge and XIV.-cent. walls; here Potrarch first saw Laura; Villeneuve-les-A. (q.v.) is suburb acro madder. Pop. 50,000. W.), river and valley, Oo. Wicklow. Ireland; celebrated in Moore’s poem, The Meeting of the Waters. a luscious W. Indian fruit.