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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæm.ə.zən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæm.ə.zɒn/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈæm.əˌzɑn/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈɛəm.əˌzɑn] /æ/ raising
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• Australian: /ˈæm.ə.zɔn/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈɛm.ə.zɒn/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈɛm.ə.zɔ̟n]
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• General-American, dialectal: /ˈæm.əˌzɑn/ of Canada
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈæm.əˌzɒn/ of the US
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈæm.ə.zɔn/
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 M AH0 Z AA2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Spanish 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.

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.

From Middle English, from Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn); perhaps Ionian Greek pronunciation of Old Persian *hamazan- (“warrior”), as the Amazon women were known warriors. A popular folk etymology, of Ancient Greek provenance, claims that the word derives from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + μαζός (mazós, “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.

From Amazon, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn).

125 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Amazona — river
• Arabic: نَهْر الأمازون — river
• Arabic: الأَمَزونْ (al-ʔamazōn) — river
• Armenian: Ամազոն — river
• Azerbaijani: Amazon — river
• Basque: Amazonas — river
• Belarusian: Амазо́нка (Amazónka) — river
• Bengali: আমাজন (amajon) — river
• Bulgarian: Амазонка (Amazonka) — river
• Catalan: Amazones — river
• Chinese Mandarin: 亞馬孫河 /亚马孙河 (Yàmǎsun Hé) — river
• Chinese Mandarin: 亞馬遜河 /亚马逊河 (Yàmǎxùn Hé, Yǎmǎxùn Hé) — river
• Czech: Amazonka — river
• Danish: Amazonfloden — river
• Dutch: Amazone — river
• Esperanto: Amazono — river
• Estonian: Amazonas — river
• Farefare: Amazon — river
• Farefare: Amazɔn — river
• Farefare: Amazona — river
• Finnish: Amazon — river
• French: Amazone — river
• Galician: Amazonas — river
• Georgian: ამაზონი (amazoni) — river
• German: Amazonas — river
• Greek: Αμαζόνιος (Amazónios) — river
• Hebrew: אמזונאס — river
• Hindi: अमेज़न (amezan) — river
• Hungarian: Amazonas — river
• Icelandic: Amasónfljót — river
• Ido: Amazon — river
• Indonesian: Amazon — river
• Inuktitut: ᐋᒪᓱᓐ (aamason) — river
• Irish: An Amasóin — river
• Italian: Rio delle Amazzoni — river
• Italian: Amazzoni — river
• Japanese: アマゾン (amazon) — river
• Kannada: ಅಮೆಜಾನ್ (amejān) — river
• Kazakh: Амазон — river
• Korean: 아마존강 (amajon'gang) — river
• Kyrgyz: Амазонка (Amazonka) — river
• Lao: ແມ່ນ້ໍາອາມາຊົນ (mǣ nam ʼā mā son) — river
• Latvian: Amazone — river
• Lithuanian: Amazonė — river
• Macedonian: Амазон — river
• Malay: Amazon — river
• Malayalam: ആമസോൺ (āmasōṇ) — river
• Marathi: ऍमेझॉन (ĕmejhŏn) — river
• Nepali: अमेजन (amejan) — river
• Norwegian Bokmål: Amazonas — river
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Amazonaselva — river
• Persian: آمازون (âmâzôn) — river
• Polish: Amazonka — river
• Portuguese: Amazonas — river
• Punjabi: ਐਮਾਜ਼ਾਨ (aimāzān) — river
• Romanian: Amazon — river
• Russian: Амазо́нка (Amazónka) — river
• Serbo-Croatian: Амазон — river
• Serbo-Croatian: Амазона — river
• Serbo-Croatian: Amazon — river
• Serbo-Croatian: Amazona — river
• Slovak: Amazonka — river
• Slovene: Amazonka — river
• Spanish: Amazonas — river
• Swedish: Amazonfloden — river
• Tagalog: Amasona — river
• Tajik: Амазон — river
• Tamil: அமேசான் ஆறு (amēcāṉ āṟu) — river
• Telugu: అమెజాన్ (amejān) — river
• Thai: แม่น้ําแอมะซอน (mɛ̂ɛ-náam-ɛɛ-ma-son) — river
• Turkish: Amazon Nehri — river
• Turkish: Amazon — river
• Turkmen: Amazonka — river
• Ukrainian: Амазо́нка (Amazónka) — river
• Uzbek: Amazon — river
• Vietnamese: Sông Amazon — river
• Catalan: amazònic — used attributively in compounds
• Finnish: amazonin- — used attributively in compounds
• French: amazonien — used attributively in compounds
• Russian: амазо́нский (amazónskij) — used attributively in compounds
• Armenian: ամազոնուհի (amazonuhi) — Mythological female warrior
• Bulgarian: амазо́нка (amazónka) — Mythological female warrior
• Catalan: amazona — Mythological female warrior
• Chinese Mandarin: 亞馬遜 /亚马逊 (Yàmǎxùn) — Mythological female warrior
• Chinese Mandarin: 亞馬孫 /亚马孙 (Yàmǎsūn) — Mythological female warrior
• Czech: Amazonka — Mythological female warrior
• Esperanto: amazono — Mythological female warrior
• Finnish: amatsoni — Mythological female warrior
• French: amazone — Mythological female warrior
• Galician: amazona — Mythological female warrior
• German: Amazone — Mythological female warrior
• Greek: Αμαζόνα (Amazóna) — Mythological female warrior
• Ancient Greek: Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn) — Mythological female warrior
• Hungarian: amazon — Mythological female warrior
• Irish: Amasóin — Mythological female warrior
• Italian: amazzone — Mythological female warrior
• Japanese: アマゾネス (amazonesu) — Mythological female warrior
• Japanese: アマゾン (amazon) — Mythological female warrior
• Malayalam: ആമസോൺ (āmasōṇ) — Mythological female warrior
• Navajo: dlį́ — Mythological female warrior
• Navajo: dlį́baaʼ — Mythological female warrior
• Norwegian Bokmål: amasone — Mythological female warrior
• Norwegian Nynorsk: amasone — Mythological female warrior
• Polish: Amazonka — Mythological female warrior
• Portuguese: amazona — Mythological female warrior
• Russian: амазо́нка (amazónka) — Mythological female warrior
• Serbo-Croatian: Амазонка — Mythological female warrior
• Serbo-Croatian: Amazonka — Mythological female warrior
• Slovak: Amazonka — Mythological female warrior
• Spanish: amazona — Mythological female warrior
• Swedish: amason — Mythological female warrior
• Ukrainian: амазо́нка (amazónka) — Mythological female warrior
• Ukrainian: амазоня́нка (amazonjánka) — Mythological female warrior
• Catalan: amazona — tall, strong, athletic woman
• Finnish: amatsoni — tall, strong, athletic woman
• French: amazone — tall, strong, athletic woman
• Greek: αμαζόνα (amazóna) — tall, strong, athletic woman
• Irish: banghaiscíoch — tall, strong, athletic woman
• Italian: amazzone — tall, strong, athletic woman
• Portuguese: amazona — tall, strong, athletic woman
• Scottish Gaelic: ban-laoch — tall, strong, athletic woman
• Spanish: amazona — tall, strong, athletic woman
• Swedish: amason — tall, strong, athletic woman
• Catalan: amàzona — sexual position
• Catalan: amazona — sexual position