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noun
1.
a river in N South America, flowing E from the Peruvian Andes through N Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean: the largest river in the world in volume of water carried. 3900 miles (6280 km) long.
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Classical Mythology. one of a race of female warriors said to dwell near the Black Sea.
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one of a fabled tribe of female warriors in South America.
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EXPAND(often lowercase) a tall, powerful, aggressive woman.
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COLLAPSEany of several green parrots of the genus Amazona, of tropical America, often kept as pets.
Origin:
< Latin Amazōn < Greek Amazṓn, of obscure origin
< Latin Amazōn < Greek Amazṓn, of obscure origin
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Amazon
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| a being of godlike prowess and beneficence who often came to be honored as a divinity |
| any goddess presiding over a particular art, one of the Sacred Nine |
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Word Origin & History
Amazon
late 14c., from Gk. Amazon "one of a race of female warriors in Scythia," probably from an unknown non-I.E. word, but in folk etymology long derived from a- "without" + mazos "breasts," hence the story that the Amazons cut or burned off one breast so they could draw bowstrings more efficiently. The river
EXPANDin South America (originally called by the Sp. Rio Santa Maria de la Mar Dulce) rechristened by Francisco de Orellana, 1541, after an encounter with female warriors of the Tapuyas (or, as some say, beardless, long-haired male tribesmen; still others hold that the name is a corruption of a native word in Tupi or Guarani meaning "wave").
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