Amazon

  1. Noun.  (Greek mythology) a member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.
  2. Noun.  A female warrior.
  3. Noun.  A tall, strong, or athletic woman.
  4. Proper noun.  (rivers) A river of South America that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the South Atlantic.
  5. Proper noun.  A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of the Amazon Rainforest, or of the Amazon River Basin.
  6. Proper noun.  (non-gloss definition, Used attributively in compounds.) .
  7. Noun.  Any of the large parrots from the genus ''Amazona''.
  8. Noun.  A tall, strong, athletic woman.

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