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The Amazons were a legendary nation of female warriors in Greek mythology.
Amazon is an eponym, derived from the legend, for any woman warrior or athlete, including:
Amazon or Amazons may also refer to:
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Amazonia (sometimes called Pan-Amazonia) is a huge region covering about 40% of the South American continent. It encompasses most of northern Brazil, parts of northern Bolivia, eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, southeastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, southern Guyana, southern Suriname and southern French Guiana. It is one of the world's most diverse biological areas and is fed by rivers taking their ofspring in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia and running into the Atlantic ocean in east Brazil.
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From Middle English < Latin < Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazōn). The Greeks said the word meant breastless: ἀ- (a-) "not" + μαζός (mazos) "breast" (from the Greek myth that the warrior women were so dedicated to excel in war that they amputated one breast so that it would not interfere with the strap used to hold their quiver of arrows). The Greek etymology is most probably incorrect and comes from a much older word, an Ionian Greek pronunciation of the Old Persian word 𐏃𐎶𐏀𐎴 (hamazan), “‘fight as a group’”), as the Amazon women were known warriors. Ionians did not aspirate the first syllable, and the word became "amazon" to the Greeks in general. The incorrect Greek etymology probably gave rise to the myth that Amazon women would amputate a breast in order to fight proficiently, an anecdote which is almost certainly not true.
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Amazon (plural Amazons)
Spanish, Río Amazonas. It is common belief that the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana fought a battle against a tribe of Tapuya savages, in which the women fought alongside the men. He no doubt derived the name from the Amazons in Greek mythology.
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Amāzon (genitive Amāzonis); f, third declension
| Number | Singular | Plural |
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| nominative | Amāzon | Amāzonēs |
| genitive | Amāzonis | Amāzonum |
| dative | Amāzonī | Amāzonibus |
| accusative | Amāzonem | Amāzonēs |
| ablative | Amāzone | Amāzonibus |
| vocative | Amāzon | Amāzonēs |
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