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Amazon

Pronunciation: /ˈæm.ə.zən/

The English word “Amazon” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.
  2. A female warrior.
  3. A tall, strong, or athletic woman.
  4. Any of the large parrots from the genus Amazona.

proper noun

  1. Amazon.com Inc., a very large Internet retailer.

verb

  1. To overwhelm or obliterate, in the context of an Internet start-up vastly outperforming its brick and mortar competition.
  2. To order (something) on Amazon.

Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn); perhaps Ionian Greek pronunciation of Old Persian *hamazan- (“warrior”), as the Amazon women were known warriors. A popular folk etymology, of Ancient Greek provenance, claims that the word derives from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + μαζός (mazós, “breast”), referencing the belief that Amazons cut off their right breast so that it would not…

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