Amazon

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (Greek) 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.

Name

1. (attributive, sometimes) A river in South America, that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the Atlantic.
2. (attributive, sometimes) A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of the Amazon Rainforest, or of the Amazon River Basin.

Name

Amazon.com Inc., a very large Internet retailer.

Verb

1. (transitive) To overwhelm or obliterate, in the context of an Internet start-up vastly outperforming its brick and mortar competition.
2. (transitive) To order (something) on Amazon.

Concepten

Amazone

amazone

Amazonestroom

paardrijdster

Amazon

Synoniemen

Amazon River

termagant

amazon

Amazonas River

virago

Vertalingen

Amazone

Amazonas

Amazonas

Amazonas

amazzone

Amazones

Rio delle Amazzoni

amazone

amazona

Amazon

amazona

Αμαζόνιος

Amazonas

Amazzoni

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈæm.ə.zən/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.