Alauna is the feminine form of the Gaulish god Alaunus or (possibly) an unrelated Celtic river goddess in her own right. It appeared as the Latinized form of various placenames in Celtic Europe: Places France Alauna or Alaunia, the Roman settlement at Valognes in Normandy Alauna or Alaunus, the Roman name of the River Aulne in Brittany England Alauna Carvetiorum, the Roman coastal fort and settlement at Maryport in Cumbria Alauna, Alavana, 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, 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, a village located between Trabuco Creek and Tijeras Creek See also Alaunus Alona (disambiguation)