Alauna is the feminine form of the Gaulish god

Alaunus Alaunus or Alaunius (Gaulish: ''Alaunos'') is a Gaulish god of healing and prophecy. His name is known from inscriptions found in Lurs, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in Southern France and in Mannheim in western Germany. In the latter inscription, Ala ...

or (possibly) an unrelated

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river goddess in her own right. It appeared as the Latinized form of various placenames in Celtic Europe:

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;France * Alauna, France or Alaunia, the Roman settlement at

Valognes Valognes () is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. Geography Valognes is situated in the Cotentin Peninsula, southeast of Cherbourg. Valognes station has rail connections to Caen, Paris and Cherbourg. History ...

in Normandy *Alauna or Alaunus, the Roman name of the River

Aulne The Aulne ( br, Aon) is a long river of Brittany in north-western France, flowing down the hills and emptying into the roadstead of Brest, one of the many fjord-like bays just south of Brest. The river is part of the Canal de Nantes à Brest, th ...

in Brittany ;England * Alauna Carvetiorum, the Roman coastal fort and settlement at Maryport in Cumbria *Alauna,

Alavana Alavana was a name tentatively (and probably wrongly) applied to the ruins of a Roman fort at Watercrook about south of Kendal in Cumbria, for which the Roman name Medibogdo is a perfect fit to its river-bend position. The fort at Watercroo ...

, Alona, or Alunna, generally identified with the Roman fort at Watercrook near Kendal in Cumbria *Alauna, the Roman settlement at Alcester in Warwickshire *The River Aln, sometimes identified with the Alauna or Alaunos River in Ptolemy's ''Geography'' *The Roman settlement at Learchild, sometimes identified with the Alauna in Ptolemy's ''Geography'' ;Scotland *The

Allan Water The Allan Water ( gd, Uisge Alain) is a river in central Scotland. Rising in the Ochil Hills, it runs through Strathallan to Dunblane and Bridge of Allan before joining the River Forth. It is liable to cause floods in lower Bridge of Allan. ...

, sometimes identified with the Alauna or Alaunos River in Ptolemy's ''Geography'' * Ardoch in Perthshire, sometimes identified with the Alauna in Ptolemy's ''Geography'' ;United States *

Alauna, California Alume ( ''Acjachemen'': "raising the head in looking upward") was a large Acjachemen village located between Trabuco Creek and Tijeras Creek at Rancho Santa Margarita, California. The village was also recorded as Alaugna and as El Trabuco in San J ...

, a village located between Trabuco Creek and Tijeras Creek

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