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