A city on the Rhône in south-eastern France; population 94,787 (2006). From 1309 until 1377 it was the residence of the popes during their exile from Rome, and was papal property until the French Revolution.
Definition of Avignon in US English:
Avignon
proper nounˌavənˈyôn
A city on the Rhône in southeastern France; population 94,787 (2006). From 1309 until 1377 it was the residence of the popes during their exile from Rome, and was papal property until the French Revolution.