Amazon
Meanings
noun
- A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.
- A female warrior.
- A tall, strong, or athletic woman.
name
- A river in South America, that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the Atlantic.
- A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of the Amazon Rainforest, or of the Amazon River Basin.
noun
- Any of the large parrots from the genus Amazona.
name
- Amazon.com Inc., a very large Internet retailer.
verb
- To overwhelm or obliterate, in the context of an Internet start-up vastly outperforming its brick and mortar competition.
- To order (something) on Amazon.
noun
- A tall, strong, athletic woman.
- A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the queen and the knight.
- An amazon parrot.
- A position for vaginal sex in which the insertive partner lies on their back with their knees pulled back, and the receptive partner, facing the other person, squats onto the penis.
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Etymology
From Middle English, from Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn); perhaps Ionian Greek pronunciation of Old Persian *hamazan- (“warrior”), as the Amazon women were known warriors. A popular folk etymology, of Ancient Greek provenance, claims that the word derives from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + μαζός (mazós, “breast”), 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.
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