Amazon

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

Amazon River

termagant

amazon

Amazonas River

virago

Translations

Amazone

Amazonas

Amazonas

Amazonas

amazzone

Amazone

Amazones

Rio delle Amazzoni

amazone

Amazon

amazona

amazona

Amazonas

Αμαζόνιος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæm.ə.zən/

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.