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amazon English Pronunciation en /ˈæm.ə.zən/ /ˈæm.ə.zɒn/ RP en /ˈæm.əˌzɑn/ [ˈɛəm.əˌzɑn] GA,Canada /æ/ raising en en-us-Amazon.ogg US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Amazon (company).wav Milwaukee,Wisconsin en /ˈæm.ə.zɔn/ AU en /ˈɛm.ə.zɒn/ [ˈɛm.ə.zɔ̟n] NZ Etymology 1 From en enm -, from en la -, from en grc Ἀμαζών; perhaps Ionian Greek pronunciation of en peo *hamazan- warrior Latn, as the Amazon women were known warriors. en A popular folk etymology, of Ancient Greek provenance, claims that the word derives from grc ἀ- not + grc μαζός 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. Noun en Greek mythology A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area, now usually archaeologically associated with Scythian or Sarmatian female warriors. en 1981 w:William Irwin Thompson The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture Rider/Hutchinson & Co. London 149 When, therefore, one envisions a matriarchy, one should not conjure up visions of a gang of Amazons lopping off breasts and testicles to rule by force of arms. A female warrior. en 1976 A Gay Person's Guide to New England 2nd The Power of History...or History Is Written by the Powerful Dave Peterson, Jonathan Cross; Lyn Rosen Xenia S. Williams In some parts of Africa, Asia, and South America, amazon cultures still existed during the Middle Ages, such as that ruled by Queen Nzingha in Angola, who led her amazon army against the Portuguese in a series of wars during the first half of the seventeenth century. In Dahomey also in traditionally gynarchal West Africa, the army was made up of amazons even through the nineteenth century. A tall, strong, or athletic woman. en Derived terms en Amazoness amazonian Amazonism Amazonist javazon Amazonal Related terms en Amazonomachia, en Amazonomachy, en Amazonia Translations Mythological female warrior Armenian: hy ամազոնուհի Bulgarian: bg амазо́нка f Catalan: ca amazona f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 亞馬遜, cmn 亞馬孫 Czech: cs Amazonka f Esperanto: eo amazono Finnish: fi amatsoni French: fr amazone f Galician: gl amazona f German: de Amazone f Greek: el Αμαζόνα f Ancient Greek: grc Ἀμαζών f Hungarian: hu amazon Irish: ga Amasóin f Italian: it amazzone Japanese: ja アマゾネス amazonesu, ja アマゾン amazon Malayalam: ml ആമസോൺ Navajo: nv dlį́, nv dlį́baaʼ Norwegian: Bokmål: nb amasone m f Nynorsk: nn amasone f Polish: pl Amazonka f Portuguese: pt amazona f Russian: ru амазо́нка f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Амазонка f Latin: sh Amazonka f Slovak: sk Amazonka f Spanish: es amazona f Swedish: sv amason c Ukrainian: uk амазо́нка f, uk амазоня́нка f See also en shieldmaiden gladiatrix Valkyrie Etymology 2 thumb|The Amazon From en es Río Amazonas. It is common belief that the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana fought a battle against a tribe of Tapuya natives, in which the women fought alongside the men, and that he derived the name from the Amazons in Greek mythology. Proper noun 1 en Q3783en sometimes attributive en river cont/South America that flows through c/Brazil for about 4000 miles to the Atlantic. en Rivers in South America en sometimes attributive A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of the Amazon Rainforest, or of the Amazon River Basin. en Amazon milk frog Amazon milk frog en Lex Harvey and Esha Mitra US tourist arrested after allegedly attempting to contact ‘world’s most isolated’ tribe w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/travel/north-sentinel-island-us-tourist-arrested-intl-hnk/index.html 2025-04-04 In February, a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe in Brazil made brief contact with the outside world before returning to the Amazon rainforest. https://web.archive.org/web/20250414205750/https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/travel/north-sentinel-island-us-tourist-arrested-intl-hnk/index.html Derived terms en Amazon giant leech amazonian amazonite amazonstone Amazon Basin Amazon river dolphin Amazonian Amazon ant Amazon sword Amazon milk frog Amazon effect Amazon dolphin Translations river Albanian: sq Amazona Arabic: ar نَهْر الأمازون m, ar الأَمَزونْ m al-ʔamazōn Armenian: hy Ամազոն Azerbaijani: az Amazon Basque: eu Amazonas Belarusian: be Амазо́нка f Bengali: bn আমাজন Bulgarian: bg Амазонка f Catalan: ca Amazones m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 亞馬孫河 Yàmǎsun Hé, cmn 亞馬遜河 Yàmǎxùn Hé, Yǎmǎxùn Hé Czech: cs Amazonka f Danish: da Amazonfloden Dutch: nl Amazone f Esperanto: eo Amazono Estonian: et Amazonas Farefare: gur Amazon, gur Amazɔn, gur Amazona Finnish: fi Amazon French: fr Amazone f Galician: gl Amazonas m Georgian: ka ამაზონი German: de Amazonas m Greek: el Αμαζόνιος m Hebrew: he אמזונאס Amazonas Hindi: hi अमेज़न Hungarian: hu Amazonas Icelandic: is Amasónfljót f Ido: io Amazon Indonesian: id Amazon Inuktitut: iu ᐋᒪᓱᓐ Irish: ga Amasóin f An Amasóin Italian: it Rio delle Amazzoni m, it Amazzoni f-p Japanese: ja アマゾン川 アマゾン amazon Kannada: kn ಅಮೆಜಾನ್ Kazakh: kk Амазон Korean: ko 아마존강 Kyrgyz: ky Амазонка Lao: lo ແມ່ນ້ຳອາມາຊົນ Latvian: lv Amazone f Lithuanian: lt Amazonė f Macedonian: mk Амазон m Malay: ms Amazon Malayalam: ml ആമസോൺ Marathi: mr ‍ऍमेझॉन Nepali: ne अमेजन Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Amazonas f Nynorsk: nn Amazonaselva f Persian: fa آمازون âmâzôn Polish: pl Amazonka f Portuguese: pt Amazonas m Punjabi: pa ਐਮਾਜ਼ਾਨ Romanian: ro Amazon m Russian: ru Амазо́нка f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Амазон m Serbia, sh Амазона f Croatia Latin: sh Amazon m Serbia, sh Amazona f Croatia Slovak: sk Amazonka f Slovene: sl Amazonka f Spanish: es Amazonas m Swedish: sv Amazonfloden c Tagalog: tl Amasona Tajik: tg Амазон Tamil: ta அமேசான் ஆறு Telugu: te అమెజాన్ Thai: th แม่น้ำแอมะซอน mɛ̂ɛ-náam-ɛɛ-ma-son Turkish: tr Amazon Nehri, tr Amazon Turkmen: tk Amazonka Ukrainian: uk Амазо́нка f Uzbek: uz Amazon Vietnamese: vi Sông Amazon region of the Amazon rainforest Amazonia used attributively in compounds Catalan: ca amazònic Finnish: fi Amazon amazonin- French: fr amazonien m Russian: ru амазо́нский Serbo-Croatian: sh амазонски, sh amazonski Noun Any of the large parrots from the genus Amazona genus. Etymology 3 Chosen by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as a word beginning with 'A' which had existing connotations (see meanings listed in etymologies 1 & 2) of being exotic, different, and (as the Amazon River) the largest of its kind in the world. Ann Byers, Jeff Bezos: the founder of amazon.com, pp. 46-7, Rosen Publishing Group, 2007, 1-4042-0717-1 Proper noun Amazon (company) Amazon.com Inc., a very large Internet retailer. en Rishi Iyengar Google will stop making video games for its Stadia platform w:CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/tech/google-stadia-sge-shutdown 2021-02-01 Google is one of several Big Tech firms that has made an aggressive push into gaming in recent years, along with Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Facebook (FB). https://web.archive.org/web/20251008000142/https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/tech/google-stadia-sge-shutdown 8 October 2025 Derived terms en Amabot Amazonification Amazonism Amazonist Verb en transitive To overwhelm or obliterate, in the context of an Internet start-up vastly outperforming its brick and mortar competition. en Nov 4 1998 George Anders Discomfort Zone: Some Big Companies Long to Embrace Web But Settle for Flirtation — They Fear Online Marketing Could Cause Sales Staffs And Distributors to Rebel — A Risk of Getting ‘Amazoned’ The Wall Street Journal http://search.proquest.com/docview/398638046 A1 Those who hesitate risk being "amazoned," forfeiting business to an Internet newcomer, in the way that bookstore chains have lost ground to Amazon.com Inc., the online bookseller. en 1999 Andrew Wileman Smart cookies: Get set to Amazon Management Today Aug http://search.proquest.com/docview/214769716 79 Venture capitalists' desks are thick with business plans promising ‘we're going to Amazon the insurance/travel/property business...’ 1999, Tim Smith, InternetWeek (786), "Getting Customers Totally Integrated – Cisco CIO Pete Solvik", 1999-10-25, p. 98 Take the example of MetalSite.com, which is owned by steel companies. The steel companies aren't getting "Amazoned" by a start-up but, rather, they are doing the "Amazoning" within their own industry. 1999, "Amazon Expands", InternetWeek (789), 1999-11-15, p. 11 Amazon.com may soon be "amazoning" a few more industries. en Bob Tedeschi E-Commerce Report: Web and catalog businesses are crossing into storefront territory, creating parallel avenues of retailing w:The New York Times Nov 20 2000 http://search.proquest.com/docview/91394028 C12 Gone are the days when they agonized about being "Amazoned", or blind-sided by a dot-com .... en Jul 4 2001 Saul Hansell Web Sales of Airline Tickets Are Making Hefty Advances w:The New York Times http://search.proquest.com/docview/91898346 A1 In other industries, established companies are pulling people and money away from their Internet operations, as their fear of being "Amazoned" by start-ups has subsided. en Nov 18 2001 Steve Lohr Gearhead Nation: A Time Out for Technophilia w:The New York Times http://search.proquest.com/docview/92105390 WK4 Meanwhile, traditional companies would be obliterated — "Amazoned" — by Internet upstarts. en Jun 30 2002 Scott Harris Roots in Israel, Head in Silicon Valley w:The New York Times http://search.proquest.com/docview/92285195 B8 "Everybody was afraid of getting Amazoned," Mr. Landan said. "They didn't want to get left behind." en transitive To order (something) on Amazon (company) Amazon. en-GB Adrienne Matei Josh Lora ‘Hey man, I’m so sorry for your loss’: should you use AI to text? w:The Guardian 2025-06-30 https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-interactive/2025/jun/30/ai-chatgpt-personal-messages 0261-3077 “People have sort of conditioned themselves to want a completely seamless and frictionless experience in their everyday lives 100% of the time,” says Josh Lora, a writer and sociologist who has written about AI and loneliness. “There are people who Uber everywhere, who Seamless everything, who Amazon everything, and render their lives completely smooth.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250705085002/https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-interactive/2025/jun/30/ai-chatgpt-personal-messages References en Parrots People en exonyms Finnish Etymology From fi grc Ἀμαζών. Pronunciation amat#son amazon A.ma.zon Proper noun Amazon river Declension Amazon a 0 sg Derived terms fi Amazonia fi compounds amazoninjokidelfiini amazoninmanaatti amazoninpuupiikkisika amazoninvalkodelfiini Related terms fi amatsoni fi Rivers Japanese Romanization アマゾン Latin Etymology la Amāzōn :bor grc:Ᾰ̓μᾰζών + 1 Pronunciation Amāzōn Noun Amāzōn/Amāzon<3.Greek.-on.both> Amāzonis Amāzonem/Amāzona f an en Amazon a female warrior Declension Amāzōn/Amāzon<3.Greek.-on.both> Amāzonis Amāzonem/Amāzona References 109/3