Αμαζόνιος — meaning in English

English meaning

• Amazon noun A member of a legendary race of female warriors said to live near the Black Sea in Greek mythology.
• Amazonian adj Relating to the Amazon River or the surrounding rainforest region in South America.

Senses

Αμαζόνιος is used for these senses in English:

• Amazon (sometimes, attributive) A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of the Amazon Rainforest, or of the Amazon River Basin.

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.

Amazonian — full definition

1. adj Relating to the Amazon River or the surrounding rainforest region in South America.
2. adj Resembling the legendary Amazons; tall, powerful, and warlike, especially of a woman.
3. adj Requiring an enormous, almost impossible amount of effort.

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