Meaning

4 senses
  1. A tall, strong, athletic woman.

    Although the evidence for real Amazons is thin, women athletes are often dubbed amazons.

    a large strong and aggressive woman

  2. A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the queen and the knight.

  3. An amazon parrot.

  4. A position for vaginal sex in which the insertive partner lies on their back with their knees pulled back, and the receptive partner, facing the other person, squats onto the penis.

Examples

93 sentences
  1. The Amazon is the second longest river in the world after the Nile.

    Амазонка— друга по довжині ріка в світі після Ніла.

    ruАмазонка является второй по длине рекой в ​​мире после Нила.

    deDer Amazonas ist der zweitlängste Fluss der Welt nach dem Nil.

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  2. I've ordered a book from Amazon.com.

    ruЯ заказал книгу на Amazon.com.

    deIch habe ein Buch bei Amazon.com bestellt.

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  3. Many consumer reviews on Amazon are fake.

    Багато користувацьких оглядів на сайті «Amazon» є підробними.

    deViele Kundenbewertungen bei „Amazon“ sind fingiert.

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  4. He explored the Amazon jungle.

    ruОн исследовал джунгли Амазонки.

    deEr erforschte den Amazonas-Dschungel.

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  5. We explored the Amazon forest.

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Translations

4 languages

Origin

From Amazon, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn).

From Amazon, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn).

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Forms

plural: amazons
Singularamazon
Pluralamazons

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles):Amazon River
  • a large strong and aggressive woman:virago

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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