amazon

noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (Greek mythology) A member of a legendary race of female warriors believed to live in Scythia or elsewhere on the edge of the known world.

  2. 2.

    A tall, strong, athletic woman.

  3. 3.

    (capitalized) The Amazon River, the largest river in South America by volume.

  4. 4.

    (capitalized) The Amazon rainforest, the tropical rainforest in the Amazon basin.

Related words

See also: rainforest, warrior

Etymology

From Latin Amazon, from Greek Amazōn, possibly from Iranian ha-mazan ("warriors") or folk etymology as a- ("without") + mazos ("breast").