Axona

== Latin == === Etymology === Gaulish/Celtic name, from Proto-Celtic *ax-, possibly a variant of *asca (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”), related to Sanskrit अप् (ap). === Proper noun === Axona m sg (genitive Axonae); first declension a river in Gaul, in modern northeastern France; modern Aisne ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Axona”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Axona”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Olmstead, Garrett (1994): The gods of the Celts and the Indo-Europeans