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/ˈaməˌzän/,/-zən/,
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A river in South America that flows more than 4,150 miles (6,683 km) through Peru, Colombia, and Brazil into the Atlantic Ocean. It drains two-fifths of the continent and, in terms of water-flow, is the largest river in the world,
  1. A member of a legendary race of female warriors believed by the ancient Greeks to exist in Scythia (near the Black Sea in modern Russia) or elsewhere on the edge of the known world

  2. A tall and strong or athletic woman

  3. A parrot, typically green and with a broad rounded tail, found in Central and South America

  1. a large strong and aggressive woman
  2. (Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively)
  3. a major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles)
  4. mainly green tropical American parrots
  5. Amazon is a 1997 short documentary film directed by Kieth Merrill. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
  6. Amazon was a syndicated television show created by Peter Benchley. The drama series focused on the six survivors of a crashed airline flight in the Brazilian Amazon jungle. ...
  7. Amazon is a BBC documentary television series co-produced by the Endeavour Productions and Indus Films, and hosted by Bruce Parry.
  8. Near the end of the DC vs. Marvel crossover event in 1996, Amalgam Comics released a series of one-shot comic books combining characters from the Marvel Universe with characters from the DC Universe. ...
  9. The Amazon was a cyclecar produced by Amazon Cars Ltd in Billiter Street, London, EC3, England from 1921 to 1922.
  10. The Mary Celeste (often incorrectly referred to as Marie Celeste) was a brigantine merchant ship notably discovered in December 1872 in the Atlantic Ocean unmanned and apparently abandoned, despite the fact that the weather was fine and her crew had been experienced and able seamen. ...
  11. The Man-Killer (real name Katrina Luisa Van Horn) is a fictional supervillain in Marvel Comics' universe.
  12. a member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area; A female warrior; A tall, strong, or athletic woman; A river of South America that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the South Atlantic; A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of ...
  13. A tall, strong, athletic woman
  14. (Amazons) Lesbian warriors. [This entry will be developed]
  15. (Amazons) were said to have lived in Pontus, which is part of modern day Turkey near the shore of the Euxine Sea, where they formed an independent kingdom under the government of a queen, often named Hippolyta ("she lets her horses loose").
  16. (The Amazons) (Tamid, ibid.; PesiḲ. ix. 74. 74a etseq.; Lev. R. xxvii.; Tan., Emor, 6; Ḥibbur Ma'asiot):
  17. In Greek legend the amazon was a female hunter, unusual for occupying a male role. The Amazon river was named after this legendary hunter when early European explorers encountered women who were hunters and in many ways acted like men. Many cultures have acknowledged a masculine role for women. ...
  18. Fearless women warriors that descended from Ares and a Naiad. They supported Troy in the Trojan War and fought Heracles, preventing him from taking their Queen.
  19. The world's largest bookstore, combining company-level sales (i.e., direct from Amazon) as well as new and used books (and more) from millions of individual sellers throughout the world.
  20. The Amazons were a warrior-race of women from the North who joined battle with a terrifying war cry. They were the equal of men in the field. They came to be seen as haters of men, women who sought foreign husbands, only to kill their sons and raise their daughters as Amazons. ...
  21. Naked woman living near a jungle river.
  22. is a graphical text adventure game created by Michael Crichton and produced by John Wells under Trillium Corp. Amazon was released in the United States in 1984, and it runs on Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and the DOS systems. ...
  23. a parrot, typically green and with a broad rounded tail, found in Central and South America Genus Amazona, family Psittacidae: numerous species
  24. in Greek mythology, the Amazons were a group of female warriors living near the Black Sea, who cut off their right breasts to use the bow more easily. Their queen, Penthesilea, was killed by Achilles at the siege of Troy. ...
  25. member of a race of female warriors who repeatedly warred with the Greeks of mythology