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Grammar : Noun
Spell : am-uh-zon, -zuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæm əˌzɒn, -zən

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Définition of amazon

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Greek Amazon (mostly in plural Amazones) "one of a race of female warriors in Scythia," probably from an unknown non-Indo-European word, possibly from an Iranian compound *ha-maz-an- "(one) fighting together" [Watkins], 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 in South America (originally called by the Spanish 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").
  • As in shrew : noun mean lady
  • As in virago : noun aggressive woman
Example sentences :
  • Tongues had been creeping up the rivers that ran into the Amazon.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • It seemed as though she had re-donned her armour and become an amazon again.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • Fisheries to feed a canning Factory on the banks of the Amazon was one of them.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • Forrester was exactly where he had intended to be: in the middle of the Amazon jungle.
  • Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • It may be of interest to know what befell Pinzon after he left the mouth of the Amazon.
  • Extract from : « Discoverers and Explorers » by Edward R. Shaw
  • This he soon succeeded in doing, and they started down the Amazon.
  • Extract from : « Discoverers and Explorers » by Edward R. Shaw
  • "Better put him in the hold until we get out to sea," said the Amazon sister.
  • Extract from : « Frontier Boys in Frisco » by Wyn Roosevelt
  • Catarina Sforza's experiences made her the amazon that she was.
  • Extract from : « Lucretia Borgia » by Ferdinand Gregorovius
  • It was harder to navigate in than the trackless forests of the Amazon.
  • Extract from : « Out Like a Light » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • It is the Valley of the Amazon, in which more than half of Europe might be contained.
  • Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
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