[am-uh-zon, -zuh
n] 
| 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 mi. (6280 km) long. |
| 2. | Classical Mythology. one of a race of female warriors said to dwell near the Black Sea. |
| 3. | one of a fabled tribe of female warriors in South America. |
| 4. | (often lowercase) a tall, powerful, aggressive woman. |
| 5. | Amazon ant. |
| 6. | any of several green parrots of the genus Amazona, of tropical America, often kept as pets. |
n, of obscure orig.| Amazon River The second-longest river in the world and the one with the greatest volume of water, flowing about 6,275 km (3,900 mi) from northern Peru across northern Brazil to a wide delta on the Atlantic Ocean. The first European to explore it was probably the Spanish navigator Vicente Yáñez Pinzón in 1500. |