What is "amazon"

Amazon \Am"a*zon\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]

1. One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior.

2. A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago.

3. (Zo["o]l.) A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis

   Amazon ant (Zo["o]l.), a species of ant ( Polyergus rufescens), of Europe and America. They seize by conquest the larv[ae] and nymphs of other species and make slaves of them in their own nests.

late 14c., from Greek Amazon (mostly in plural Amazones) "one of a race of female warriors in Scythia," probably from an unknown non-Indo-European word, possibly from an Iranian compound *ha-maz-an- "(one) fighting together" [Watkins], but in folk etymology long derived from a- "without" + mazos "breasts," hence the story that the Amazons cut or burned off one breast so they could draw bowstrings more efficiently.\n

\nThe river in South America (originally called by the Spanish Rio Santa Maria de la Mar Dulce) rechristened by Francisco de Orellana, 1541, after an encounter with female warriors of the Tapuyas (or, as some say, beardless, long-haired male tribesmen; still others hold that the name is a corruption of a native word in Tupi or Guarani meaning "wave").

Etymology 1 n. 1 (context Greek mythology English) A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea are

1. 2 A female warrior. 3 A tall, strong, or athletic woman. Etymology 2

   n. Any of the large parrots from the genus ''Amazona''. n. 1 A river of South America that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the South Atlantic. 2 A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of the Amazon Rainforest, or of the Amazon River Basin. 3 (non-gloss definition: Used attributively in compounds.) Etymology 3

   n. Amazon.com Inc, a very large internet retailer v

2. (context transitive English) To overwhelm or obliterate, in the context of an Internet start-up vastly outperforming its brick-and-mortar competition.

1. n. a large strong and aggressive woman [syn: virago]

2. (Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively)

3. a major South American river; flows into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles) [syn: Amazon River]

4. mainly green tropical American parrots

The Amazon was a cyclecar produced by Amazon Cars Ltd in Billiter Street, London, EC3, England from 1921 to 1922.

It featured a rear-mounted air-cooled twin 6/9 hp Coventry-Victor engine with chain drive to the rear wheels through a three-speed-and-reverse gearbox made by Juckes. To give a conventional appearance the 2-seater car had a dummy radiator at the front.

It cost £235.

Amazon was a syndicated television show created by Peter Benchley. It was developed by Canadian production companies Alliance Atlantis Communications & WIC Entertainment and German company Beta Film GmbH. The 22 episodes of the series were in first-run syndication between 1999 and 2000.

The drama series focused on the six survivors of a crashed airline flight in the Brazilian Amazon jungle. The group soon comes into contact with a Native American tribe (The Fierce Ones), and relations are anything but friendly. The group is taken in by a mysterious tribe (The Chosen), who descended from 16th century British colonists who were lost in the Amazon. Relations with the Chosen are tenuous at best. Most of the group escapes the Chosen only to stir up a hornets nest with a tribe of cannibals (The Jaguar People), led by an insane Canadian woman bent on domination of all the local tribes. The first season ended in a cliff-hanger, and a second season was never produced. The series retained sufficient interest that it was released on DVD in 2011.

A novelization of the 2-hour pilot was written by Rob MacGregor, and a mass-market paperback was released by Harper (publisher) on 8 Aug 2000.

The German title was Amazonas - Gefangene des Dschungels (Amazon - Prisoners of the Jungle).

Amazon is a BBC documentary television series co-produced by the Endeavour Productions and Indus Films, and hosted by Bruce Parry.

Amazon is a 1997 American short documentary film directed by Kieth Merrill. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

The film features ethnobiologist Mark Plotkin, who discusses the role of rainforest conservation and the benefits of investigating it further in the interest of medical and scientific knowledge.

Amazon or Amazone may refer to:

• Amazons, a mythical race of woman warriors.

Amazon is an interactive fiction graphic adventure game. The game was published by Telarium (formerly known as Trillium) in 1984 and written by Michael Crichton.

An amazon (also known as a queen+knight compound) is a fairy chess piece that can move like a queen or a knight (or, equivalently, like a rook, bishop, or knight). It may thus be considered the sum of all orthodox chess pieces (not including pawns). It cannot jump over other pieces when moving as a queen, but may do so when moving as a knight. Below, it is given the symbol QN from Betza notation.

Amazon is a 2000 French film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Jean Paul Belmondo.

It had admissions of 78,706.

Amazon is a 1990 drama that was directed by the Finnish film director Mika Kaurismäki, who co-wrote the script with Richard Reitinger and John Reaves, the latter of whom contributed additional writing. The movie premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 1990.

While shooting the movie Kaurismäki tried to minimize the movie and crew's impact on the environment, which he tried to minimize by choosing equipment that would have the least impact on the shooting location, the surrounding areas, and its inhabitants.