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Encyclopedia > Amazon (disambiguation)
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Amazon or Amazons may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that French Wiktionary be merged into this article or section. ...

  • Amazons, members of a legendary nation of female warriors in Greek mythology
  • Amazon Rainforest, a moist broadleaf forest in the Amazon Basin of South America
  • Amazon River, the largest river in the world by volume
  • Amazon Basin, the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries

In commerce: The Amazons (in Greek, Αμαζόνες) were an ancient nation of female warriors or a society dominated by women, at the edges of Scythia in Sarmatia (Herodotus). ... Map of the Amazon rainforest ecoregions as delineated by the WWF. Yellow line encloses the Amazon rainforest. ... see Amazon (disambiguation) for other articles The Amazon River or River Amazon (Portuguese: ; Spanish: ) of South America is the largest river in the world by volume, with greater total river flow than the next eight largest rivers combined, and the largest drainage basin in the world. ... Amazon River basin The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. ...

In literature: Amazon. ... The Amazon Bookstore Cooperative, Inc. ...

In music: // The Amazons were a race of immortal super-women that lived on the magical Paradise Island. ... Swallows and Amazons is a series of childrens books by English author Arthur Ransome, named after the title of the first book in the series. ... The Man-Killer is a fictional supervillain in Marvel Comics universe, who first appeared in Marvel Team-Up volume 1 #8 (April 1973) by Gerry Conway and Jim Mooney. ... Frederick William Robin Smith, 3rd Earl of Birkenhead (1936 - February, 1985). ...

  • Amazon (band), a Brazilian heavy metal band formed in 2002
  • Amazon (Ruslana song), song by the winner of the 2004 Eurovision , Ruslana

In television and film: Amazon is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Valinhos City, about 80 kilometers from São Paulo metropolis. ... Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko (born May 24, 1973 in Lviv, Ukraine, then the USSR, Ukrainian: ) is a singer, dancer, producer, composer, conducter, and piano player. ...

  • Amazons (1986 film), a 1986 Argentine adventure science fiction fantasy epic
  • Amazon (TV series), a 1999 TV series adaptation of a Peter Benchley story
  • Amazon Women on the Moon, a 1987 film written by comedy duo Michael Barrie and Jim Mulholland

In vehicles: Amazon was a syndicated television show created by Peter Benchley. ... Amazon Women on the Moon is a 1987 film written by comedy duo Michael Barrie and Jim Mulholland. ...

  • HMS Amazon, the name of four ships of the British Royal Navy
  • Volvo Amazon, a car model from Volvo produced from 1956-1970
  • Amazon, a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive

Other: Numerous ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Amazon, after the mythical female warriors. ... A Saab 96 (left) and a Volvo Amazon (right) line up to race. ... Iron Duke class engines waiting scrapping The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work. ...


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Amazons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2839 words)
Amazons were said to have lived in Pontus near the shore of the Euxine Sea, where they formed an independent kingdom under the government of a queen, often named Hippolyta ("she lets her horses loose").
It is conjectured that the Amazons were originally the temple-servants and priestesses (hierodulae) of this goddess; and that the removal of the breast corresponded with the self-mutilation of the god Attis and the galli, Roman priests of Cybele.
Amazons International - A newsletter dedicated to the image of the Amazon or female hero in fiction and in fact, in art and literature, in the physiques and feats of female athletes, and in gender-related and sexual orientations.
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