"amazon" meaning in English

See amazon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈæm.ə.zən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈæm.əˌzɑn/ [General-American, dialectal] (note: of Canada), [ˈɛəm.əˌzɑn] [General-American, dialectal] (note: of Canada), /ˈæm.əˌzɒn/ [Canada, dialectal] (note: of the US), [ˈɛəm.əˌzɒn] [Canada, dialectal] (note: of the US), /ˈæm.ə.zɔn/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand], /-ɒn/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand], /əˈmezɔn/ (note: Indic) Audio: En-us-amazon.oga Forms: amazons [plural]
Etymology: From Amazon, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|Ἀμαζών}} Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn) Head templates: {{en-noun}} amazon (plural amazons)
  1. A tall, strong, athletic woman. Translations (tall, strong, athletic woman): amazona [feminine] (Catalan), amatsoni (Finnish), amazone [feminine] (French), αμαζόνα (amazóna) [feminine] (Greek), banghaiscíoch [masculine] (Irish), amazzone [feminine] (Italian), amazona [feminine] (Portuguese), ban-laoch [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), amazona [feminine] (Spanish), amason [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-amazon-en-noun-3Lh0deYA Disambiguation of 'tall, strong, athletic woman': 97 1 1 0
  2. (chess) A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the queen and the knight.
    Sense id: en-amazon-en-noun-3lopc-5U Categories (other): Chess, Female people Disambiguation of Female people: 42 58 0 0 Topics: board-games, chess, games
  3. An amazon parrot.
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  4. A position for vaginal sex in which the insertive partner lies on their back with their knees pulled back, and the receptive partner, facing the other person, squats onto the penis.
    Sense id: en-amazon-en-noun-9G989uuy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: glamazon, orange-winged amazon, yellow-headed amazon, yellow-naped amazon Related terms: Amazonian, amazonian

Inflected forms

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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "tall, strong, athletic woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amazzone"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "tall, strong, athletic woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amazona"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "sense": "tall, strong, athletic woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ban-laoch"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "tall, strong, athletic woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amazona"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "tall, strong, athletic woman",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "amason"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amazon"
}

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