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Amazone — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Amazon noun A member of a legendary race of female warriors said to live near the Black Sea in Greek mythology.

Senses

Amazone is used for these senses in English:

  • Amazon (Greek mythology) A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.
  • Amazon (sometimes, attributive) A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of the Amazon Rainforest, or of the Amazon River Basin.
  • amazon A tall, strong, athletic woman.
  • cowgirl position (idiomatic) A sex position in which the man lies on his back, and the woman sits on top of him facing him.

Amazon — full definition

  1. noun A member of a legendary race of female warriors said to live near the Black Sea in Greek mythology.
  2. noun A tall, strong, athletic, or fiercely independent woman.
  3. name The Amazon River, the largest river by volume in the world, flowing through Brazil to the Atlantic.
  4. name The vast rainforest region surrounding the Amazon River basin in South America.

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