Ayalon ( he, אַיָּלוֹן, איילון, ‘place of deer’) is the name of an

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i placename and a

Hebrew family name The Hebraization of surnames (also Hebraicization) ( he, עברות, ''Ivrut'', "Hebraization") is the act of adopting a Hebrew surname in exchange for a diaspora name. For many diaspora Jews who migrated to Israel, taking a Hebrew surname was ...

. It is the modern transliteration of Ajalon. It is derived from ( ‘deer’). It may refer to the following:

Places

Ayalon Valley The Ayalon Valley ( he, or , ''ʾAyyālōn'') is a valley in the lowland of the Shephelah in the States of Palestine and Israel, identified in the 19th century as Yalo at the foot of the Bethoron pass, a Palestinian Arab village located sout ...

, a valley and Biblical town in Israel and

Palestine __NOTOC__ Palestine may refer to: * State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia * Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia * Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East ...

Ayalon Prison Ayalon Prison (), formerly known as Ramla Prison, is a maximum-security prison located in Ramla, Israel. It is managed by the Israel Prison Service. The prison was opened in 1950, and was built in the style of the Tegart forts from the Briti ...

, a prison in Israel that reportedly held "Prisoner X" *

Ayalon Cave The Ayyalon Cave ( he, מערת איילון) is a large limestone cave near Ramla, Israel in which new species of crustaceans were discovered in April 2006. It has been studied for its complex food web, which survived for millions of years without ...

, a cave near Ramla, Israel *

Ayalon River The Ayalon River ( he, נחל איילון, ''Nahal Ayalon''; Nahr el-Barideh or Wadi Musrara in Arabic) is a perennial stream in Israel, originating in the Judean Hills and discharging into the Yarkon River in the area of Tel Aviv. The total le ...

, a small, mostly dried-out river in Israel *

Machon Ayalon The Ayalon Institute ( he, מכון איילון, Makhon Ayalon) was an underground ammunition factory, located on Kibbutz Hill in Rehovot, Israel, disguised as a kibbutz that ran a laundry service. The factory was established in 1945 and manufact ...

, a bullet factory disguised as a kibbutz near Ayalon *

Highway 20 (Israel) , length_km = 29 , direction_a = South , terminus_a = Rishon LeZion (Holot Interchange) , cities = Holon, Herzliya, Bat Yam, Tel Aviv, Givatayim, Ramat Gan , direction_b = North , terminus_b = Rishpon , junction = *Holon Interchange *Kibbu ...

(Ayalon Highway), a major freeway in Israel

People

Ami Ayalon Ami Ayalon ( he, עמיחי "עמי" איילון, born 27 June 1945) is an Israeli politician and a former member of the Knesset for the Labor Party. He was previously head of the Shin Bet, Israel's secret service, and commander-in-chief of the ...

, an Israeli politician and retired IDF general *

Danny Ayalon Daniel "Danny" Ayalon ( he, דניאל "דני" אילון; born ) is an Israeli diplomat, columnist and politician. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister and as a member of the Knesset. He was the Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 200 ...

, an Israeli diplomat and former ambassador to the United States

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