adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to the Amazons; aggressive and warlike.
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Standard Lemma guide
Amazonian
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /æməˈzoʊni.ən/
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General-American: /æməˈzoʊnjən/
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rhymes with -əʊniən
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CMU ARPABET: AE2 M AH0 Z OW1 N IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Having to do with the Amazon River in South America, and its surrounding region.
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adj
Meaning 3
Of or relating to the most recent Martian geological time period.
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adj
Meaning 4
Of a woman, very tall, strong and athletic.
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Usage: figuratively
Examples
- Women's tennis champions Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams are noted for their Amazonian physiques.
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adj
Meaning 5
Requiring a huge amount of work; of extraordinary difficulty; Herculean.
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Usage: figuratively
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adj
Meaning 6
Of or relating to Amazon.com, Inc..
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Usage: informal, uncommon
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adj
Meaning 7
Alternative letter-case form of Amazonian
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Usage: alt-of
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name
Meaning 8
The Amazonian geological period.
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noun
Meaning 9
An Amazon.
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noun
Meaning 10
An employee of Amazon.com, Inc..
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Usage: informal
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Narrower terms: Amabot
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Amazon Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Amazonian From Amazon + -ian.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: amazònic — having to do with the Amazon River
- Greek: αμαζόνιος (amazónios) — having to do with the Amazon River
- Hungarian: amazonasi — having to do with the Amazon River
- Italian: amazzonico — having to do with the Amazon River
- Brazilian Portuguese: amazônico — having to do with the Amazon River
- European Portuguese: amazónico — having to do with the Amazon River
- Russian: амазо́нский (amazónskij) — having to do with the Amazon River
- Spanish: amazónico — having to do with the Amazon River
- Catalan: amazònic — of or relating to the Amazons
- French: amazonien — of or relating to the Amazons
- Greek: αμαζόνιος (amazónios) — of or relating to the Amazons
- Italian: amazzonico — of or relating to the Amazons
- Brazilian Portuguese: amazônico — of or relating to the Amazons
- European Portuguese: amazónico — of or relating to the Amazons
- Serbo-Croatian: amazonski — of or relating to the Amazons
- Spanish: amazónico — of or relating to the Amazons
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