Amazon – Wiktionary

See also: amazon

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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 hinder their ability to fire a bow or throw a spear.

Noun

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Amazon (plural Amazons)

1. (

   Greek mythology

   )

   A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.

   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 149:

     , London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 149:

     When, therefore, one envisions a matriarchy, one should not conjure up visions of a gang of Amazons lopping off breasts and testicles to rule by force of arms.

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

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Mythological female warrior

• Armenian: ամազոնուհի(hy)

  (

  amazonuhi

  )

• Catalan: amazona(ca)

  f

• Czech: Amazonka(cs)

  f

• Esperanto: amazono
• Finnish: amatsoni(fi)
• French: amazone(fr)

  f

• German: Amazone(de)

  f

• Greek: Αμαζόνα(el)

  f

  (

  Amazóna

  )

  Ancient: Ἀμαζών

  f

  (

  Amazṓn

  )

• Irish: Amasóin

  f

• Italian: amazzone(it)
• Japanese: アマゾネス

  (

  amazonesu

  )

  , アマゾン

  (

  amazon

  )

• Malayalam: ആമസോൺ(ml)

  (

  āmasōṇ

  )

• Navajo: dłį́dłį́baa’
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: amasone(no)

  m or f

  Nynorsk: amasone

  f

• Polish: Amazonka(pl)

  f

• Portuguese: amazona(pt)

  f

• Russian: амазо́нка(ru)

  f

  (

  amazónka

  )

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Амазонка

  f

  Roman: Amazonka

  f

• Slovak: Amazonka(sk)

  f

• Spanish: amazona(es)

  f

• Swedish: amason(sv)

  c

• Ukrainian: амазо́нка(uk)

  f

  (

  amazónka

  )

  , амазоня́нка

  f

  (

  amazonjánka

  )

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Etymology 2

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From Spanish, Río Amazonas. It is common belief that the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana fought a battle against a tribe of Tapuya natives, in which the women fought alongside the men, and that he derived the name from the Amazons in Greek mythology.

Proper noun

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the Amazon

1. (

   sometimes attributive

   )

   A river in South AmericaBrazil for about 4000 miles to the South Atlantic.

2. (

   sometimes attributive

   )

   A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of the Amazon Rainforest, or of the Amazon River Basin.

   Amazon milk frog

Derived terms

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Translations

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— see

Amazonia

region of the Amazon rainforest

Noun

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Amazon (plural Amazons)

1. Any of the large parrots from the genus Amazona.

Etymology 3

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Chosen by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as a word beginning with ‘A’ which had existing connotations (see meanings listed in etymologies 1 & 2) of being exotic, different, and (as the Amazon River) the largest of its kind in the world.[1]

Proper noun

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Amazon

Verb

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Amazon (third-person singular simple present Amazons, present participle Amazoning, simple past and past participle Amazoned)

1. (

   transitive

   )

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

   • 1998, George Anders, “Discomfort Zone: Some Big Companies Long to Embrace Web But Settle for Flirtation — They Fear Online Marketing Could Cause Sales Staffs And Distributors to Rebel — A Risk of Getting ‘Amazoned’”, The Wall Street Journal, 1998-11-04, p. A1. [1]

     Those who hesitate risk being “amazoned,” forfeiting business to an Internet newcomer, in the way that bookstore chains have lost ground to Amazon.com Inc., the online bookseller.

   • 1999, Andrew Wileman, “Smart cookies: Get set to Amazon“, Management Today. Aug 1999, p. 79 [2]

     Venture capitalists’ desks are thick with business plans promising ‘we’re going to Amazon the insurance/travel/property business…’

   • 1999, Tim Smith, InternetWeek (786), “Getting Customers Totally Integrated – Cisco CIO Pete Solvik”, 1999-10-25, p. 98 [3]

     Take the example of MetalSite.com, which is owned by steel companies. The steel companies aren’t getting “Amazoned” by a start-up but, rather, they are doing the “Amazoning” within their own industry.

   • 1999, “Amazon Expands”, InternetWeek (789), 1999-11-15, p. 11 [4]

     Amazon.com may soon be “amazoning” a few more industries.

   • 2000, Bob Tedeschi, “E-Commerce Report: Web and catalog businesses are crossing into storefront territory, creating parallel avenues of retailing”, The New York Times, 2000-11-20, p. C12 [5]

     Gone are the days when they agonized about being “Amazoned“, or blind-sided by a dot-com ….

   • 2001, Saul Hansell, “Web Sales of Airline Tickets Are Making Hefty Advances”, The New York Times, 2001-07-04, p. A1 [6]

     In other industries, established companies are pulling people and money away from their Internet operations, as their fear of being “Amazoned” by start-ups has subsided.

   • 2001, Steve Lohr, “Gearhead Nation: A Time Out for Technophilia”, The New York Times, 2001-11-18, p. WK4 [7]

     Meanwhile, traditional companies would be obliterated — “Amazoned” — by Internet upstarts.

   • 2002, Scott Harris, “Roots in Israel, Head in Silicon Valley”, The New York Times, 2002-06-30, p. B8 [8]

     “Everybody was afraid of getting Amazoned,” Mr. Landan said. “They didn’t want to get left behind.”

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Amazon

1. Amazon

   (

   river

   )

Declension

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Inflection of Amazon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

nominative

Amazon

—

genitive

Amazonin
—

partitive

Amazonia
—

illative

Amazoniin
—

singular

plural

nominative

Amazon

—

accusative

nom.

Amazon

—

gen.

Amazonin

genitive

Amazonin
—

partitive

Amazonia
—

inessive

Amazonissa
—

elative

Amazonista
—

illative

Amazoniin
—

adessive

Amazonilla
—

ablative

Amazonilta
—

allative

Amazonille
—

essive

Amazonina
—

translative

Amazoniksi
—

instructive

—

—

abessive

Amazonitta
—

comitative

See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Amazon (type risti)

first-person singular possessor

singular

plural

nominative

Amazonini
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accusative

nom.

Amazonini
—

gen.

Amazonini

genitive

Amazonini
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partitive

Amazoniani
—

inessive

Amazonissani
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elative

Amazonistani
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illative

Amazoniini
—

adessive

Amazonillani
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ablative

Amazoniltani
—

allative

Amazonilleni
—

essive

Amazoninani
—

translative

Amazonikseni
—

instructive

—

—

abessive

Amazonittani
—

comitative

—

—

second-person singular possessor

singular

plural

nominative

Amazonisi
—

accusative

nom.

Amazonisi
—

gen.

Amazonisi

genitive

Amazonisi
—

partitive

Amazoniasi
—

inessive

Amazonissasi
—

elative

Amazonistasi
—

illative

Amazoniisi
—

adessive

Amazonillasi
—

ablative

Amazoniltasi
—

allative

Amazonillesi
—

essive

Amazoninasi
—

translative

Amazoniksesi
—

instructive

—

—

abessive

Amazonittasi
—

comitative

—

—

first-person plural possessor

singular

plural

nominative

Amazonimme
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accusative

nom.

Amazonimme
—

gen.

Amazonimme

genitive

Amazonimme
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partitive

Amazoniamme
—

inessive

Amazonissamme
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elative

Amazonistamme
—

illative

Amazoniimme
—

adessive

Amazonillamme
—

ablative

Amazoniltamme
—

allative

Amazonillemme
—

essive

Amazoninamme
—

translative

Amazoniksemme
—

instructive

—

—

abessive

Amazonittamme
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comitative

—

—

second-person plural possessor

singular

plural

nominative

Amazoninne
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accusative

nom.

Amazoninne
—

gen.

Amazoninne

genitive

Amazoninne
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partitive

Amazonianne
—

inessive

Amazonissanne
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elative

Amazonistanne
—

illative

Amazoniinne
—

adessive

Amazonillanne
—

ablative

Amazoniltanne
—

allative

Amazonillenne
—

essive

Amazoninanne
—

translative

Amazoniksenne
—

instructive

—

—

abessive

Amazonittanne
—

comitative

—

—

third-person possessor

singular

plural

nominative

Amazoninsa
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accusative

nom.

Amazoninsa
—

gen.

Amazoninsa

genitive

Amazoninsa
—

partitive

Amazoniaan
Amazoniansa
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inessive

Amazonissaan
Amazonissansa
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elative

Amazonistaan
Amazonistansa
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illative

Amazoniinsa
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adessive

Amazonillaan
Amazonillansa
—

ablative

Amazoniltaan
Amazoniltansa
—

allative

Amazonilleen
Amazonillensa
—

essive

Amazoninaan
Amazoninansa
—

translative

Amazonikseen
Amazoniksensa
—

instructive

—

—

abessive

Amazonittaan
Amazonittansa
—

comitative

—

—

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Amazon

1. アマゾンRōmaji transcription of

Latin

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Etymology

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from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn)

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Noun

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Amāzōn f (genitive Amāzonis); third declension

1. an Amazon
2. a female warrior

Declension

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Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).

Case

Singular

Plural

Nominative

Amāzōn

Amāzones
Genitive
Amāzonis
Amāzonum
Dative
Amāzonī
Amāzonibus
Accusative
Amāzonem
Amāzona
Amāzonas
Ablative
Amāzone
Amāzonibus
Vocative

Amāzōn

Amāzones

References

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• “

  Amazon

  ”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• “

  Amazon

  ”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

• Amazon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 109/3