Word Frequency
Amazon1 (ˈæməzən
)
Definitions
noun
- (Greek mythology) one of a race of women warriors of Scythia near the Black Sea
- one of a legendary tribe of female warriors of South America
- often not capital any tall, strong, or aggressive woman
Derived Forms
Amazonian (ˌæməˈzəʊnɪən
) adjectiveWord Origin
C14: via Latin from Greek Amazōn, of uncertain originAmazon2 (ˈæməzən
)
Definitions
noun
- a river in South America, rising in the Peruvian Andes and flowing east through N Brazil to the Atlantic: in volume, the largest river in the world; navigable for 3700 km (2300 miles). Length: over 6440 km (4000 miles). Area of basin: over 5 827 500 sq km (2 250 000 sq miles)
Example Sentences Including 'amazon'
* Nuclear Terrorism by Graham Allison (Times Books, amazon.The Australian (2004)
* Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris; June 6 -- Aug 5, 1944 by John Keegan (Penguin, amazon.The Australian (2004)
It looks like some species of amazon but is not any bird we know today.SPIX'S MACAW: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird (2002)
Meanwhile, on-line bookstores like our website link with amazon.Independent (1999)
One television advertisement had an amazon parrot playing the role of a talkative companion to a pirate.SPIX'S MACAW: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird (2002)
Stevenson didn't give too many details about the bird but he probably meant it to be an amazon parrot.SPIX'S MACAW: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird (2002)
The real bargains, though, are to be found on the internet, not just at amazon.Times, Sunday Times (2004)
Thereafter, amazon meant for them daughter, eternal child, she who does not assume her destiny.Stolen Glances - Lesbians take photographs
com, which claims that it has sold goods worth Rs 3.5 crore within six months of launch, can hope to become the amazon.India Today (2000)
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