Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the Amazon River or to Amazonia.
- adjective Characteristic of or resembling an Amazon.
- adjective Strong and aggressive. Used of women.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon: in the following extract, beardless.
- Bold; of masculine manners; warlike; quarrelsome: applied to women.
- Belonging to the river Amazon, in South America, or to the country lying on that river.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon; of masculine manners; warlike.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the river Amazon in South America, or to its valley.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to the
Amazons ; aggressive andwarlike . - adjective Having to do with the Amazon River in
South America , and its surrounding region. - adjective Of or relating to the most recent
Martian geological time period . - adjective of a woman very tall, strong and
athletic . - proper noun The Amazonian geological period.
- noun An
Amazon .
Etymologies
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Amazon + -ian.
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