Amazon

Etymology 1
From, from , from ; perhaps Ionian Greek pronunciation of , as the Amazon women were known warriors. A popular folk etymology, of Ancient Greek provenance, claims that the word derives from +, referencing the belief that Amazons cut off their right breast so that it would not hinder their ability to fire a bow or throw a spear.

Noun

 * 1)  A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.
 * 2) A female warrior.
 * 3) A tall, strong, or athletic woman.
 * 1) A tall, strong, or athletic woman.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: amazono
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Ἀμαζών
 * Irish: Amasóin
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: アマゾネス, アマゾン
 * Malayalam:
 * Navajo: dłį́, dłį́baa'
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: amasone
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Амазонка
 * Roman: Amazonka
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:, амазоня́нка

Etymology 2
From, Río. It is common belief that the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana fought a battle against a tribe of Tapuya natives, in which the women fought alongside the men, and that he derived the name from the Amazons in Greek mythology.

Proper noun

 * 1)   for about 4000 miles to the Atlantic.
 * 2)  A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of the Amazon Rainforest, or of the Amazon River Basin.

Translations

 * Albanian: Amazona
 * Arabic: نَهْر الأمازون, الأَمَزونْ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: Amazonas
 * Belarusian: Амазо́нка
 * Bengali: আমাজন
 * Bulgarian: Амазонка
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Amazonfloden
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Amazono
 * Estonian:
 * Farefare: Amazon, Amazɔn, Amazona
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ამაზონი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: אמזונאס
 * Hindi: अमेज़न
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: Amasónfljót
 * Ido: Amazon
 * Indonesian: Amazon
 * Inuktitut: ᐋᒪᓱᓐ
 * Irish: Amasóin
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kannada: ಅಮೆಜಾನ್
 * Kazakh: Амазон
 * Korean: 아마존강
 * Kyrgyz: Амазонка
 * Lao: ແມ່ນ້ຳອາມາຊົນ
 * Latvian: Amazone
 * Lithuanian: Amazonė
 * Macedonian: Амазон
 * Malay: Amazon
 * Malayalam:
 * Marathi: ‍ऍमेझॉन
 * Nepali:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: Amazonaselva
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਐਮਾਜ਼ਾਨ
 * Romanian: Amazon
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Амазон, Амазона
 * Roman: Amazon ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Amasona
 * Tajik: Амазон
 * Tamil: அமேசான் ஆறு
 * Telugu: అమెజాన్
 * Thai: แม่น้ำแอมะซอน
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: Amazonka
 * Ukrainian: Амазо́нка
 * Uzbek: Amazon
 * Vietnamese: Sông Amazon


 * Catalan: amazònic
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,

Noun

 * 1) Any of the large parrots from the genus Amazona.

Etymology 3
Chosen by in 1994 as a word beginning with 'A' which had existing connotations (see meanings listed in etymologies 1 & 2) of being exotic, different, and (as the Amazon River) the largest of its kind in the world.

Proper noun

 * , a very large Internet retailer.

Verb

 * 1)  To overwhelm or obliterate, in the context of an Internet start-up vastly outperforming its brick and mortar competition.
 * 2) * 1999, Tim Smith, InternetWeek (786), "Getting Customers Totally Integrated – Cisco CIO Pete Solvik", 1999-10-25, p. 98
 * Take the example of MetalSite.com, which is owned by steel companies. The steel companies aren't getting "Amazoned" by a start-up but, rather, they are doing the "Amazoning" within their own industry.
 * 1) * 1999, "Amazon Expands", InternetWeek (789), 1999-11-15, p. 11
 * Amazon.com may soon be "amazoning" a few more industries.
 * 1) * 1999, "Amazon Expands", InternetWeek (789), 1999-11-15, p. 11
 * Amazon.com may soon be "amazoning" a few more industries.

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1) Amazon river

Etymology
From

Noun

 * 1) an
 * 2) a female warrior