amazonian

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US/æməˈzoʊni.ən/US/æməˈzoʊnjən/

adjective

Of or relating to the Amazons; aggressive and warlike.

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Meanings

amazonian1

adjectiveamazonian (comparative more amazonian, superlative most amazonian)

comparative more amazonian · superlative most amazonian

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Amazonian

Amazonian2

adjectiveAmazonian (comparative more Amazonian, superlative most Amazonian)

comparative more Amazonian · superlative most Amazonian · alternative amazonian

  1. Of or relating to the Amazons; aggressive and warlike.
  2. Having to do with the Amazon River in South America, and its surrounding region.

    The new numbers, showing almost 10,000 sq kms were lost in the year to August, were released as emboldened farm owners scuffled with forest defenders in Altamira, the Amazonian city at the heart of the recent devastation.

    2019 November 18, Jonathan Watts, “Amazon deforestation 'at highest level in a decade'”, in The Guardian
  3. Of or relating to the most recent Martian geological time period.
  4. figurativelyOf a woman, very tall, strong and athletic.

    Women's tennis champions Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams are noted for their Amazonian physiques.

  5. figurativelyRequiring a huge amount of work; of extraordinary difficulty; Herculean.

    It's to their credit that they are capable of such "transformations," as well as performing the amazonian task of surviving and working as a small theater.

    1981 April 18, Michael Bronski, “Good Production ― Bad Play”, in Gay Community News, page 10
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    Russian capitalism created an exploited economic class that was up against these common enemies at every turn and was forced to take on the Amazonian task of battling class rule, its ideology and state.

    2004 July 15, Leslie Feinberg, “Roots of Russian 'homosexual subculture'”, in Workers World
  6. informaluncommonOf or relating to Amazon.com, Inc..

    I’ve […] languidly sipped merlot while my Amazonian inamorato responds to a high-priority event.

    2016 March 11, McKenzie Templeton, “Navigating new Seattle, one Tinder date at a time”, in The Seattle Times
proper noun

alternative amazonian

  1. The Amazonian geological period.
nounAmazonian (plural Amazonians)

plural Amazonians · alternative amazonian

  1. An Amazon.
  2. informalAn employee of Amazon.com, Inc..

    The company said in a statement that the tool enabled “thousands of Amazonians to automate repetitive tasks each day” and was one example of the group “empowering teams” to experiment and adopt AI tools.

    2026 May 12, Rafe Rosner-Uddin, “Amazon employees are “tokenmaxxing” due to pressure to use AI tools”, in Ars Technica, sourced from Financial Times
    2 more examples

    […] Amazonians like David Risher, who lead^([sic]) the first expansion into retail in the 1990s; Warren Jenson, Covey's short-lived successor as CFO; and Rick Dalzell, the former Army Ranger who was Amazon's CIO for a decade.

    2013, Brad Stone, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

    In a memo to his company’s 180,000 workers late Sunday, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos called the practices depicted in the story as “shockingly callous,” but said: “The article doesn’t describe the Amazon I know or the caring Amazonians I work with every day.”

    2015 August 17, Krishnadev Calamur, quoting Jeff Bezos, “Amazon's Jeff Bezos Responds to Times Story on Working Conditions”, in The Atlantic

Origin

Amazonian · adjective, proper noun, noun

From Amazon + -ian.

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Translations

Brazilian Portuguese amazônico, amazônico
  • amazônicoof or relating to the Amazons
  • amazônicohaving to do with the Amazon River
Catalan amazònic, amazònic
  • amazònicof or relating to the Amazons
  • amazònichaving to do with the Amazon River
European Portuguese amazónico, amazónico
  • amazónicoof or relating to the Amazons
  • amazónicohaving to do with the Amazon River
French amazonien
  • amazonienof or relating to the Amazons
Greek αμαζόνιος, αμαζόνιος
  • αμαζόνιος (amazónios)of or relating to the Amazons
  • αμαζόνιος (amazónios)having to do with the Amazon River
Hungarian amazonasi
  • amazonasihaving to do with the Amazon River
Italian amazzonico, amazzonico
  • amazzonicoof or relating to the Amazons
  • amazzonicohaving to do with the Amazon River
Russian амазо́нский
  • амазо́нский (amazónskij)having to do with the Amazon River
Spanish amazónico, amazonio
  • amazónicoof or relating to the Amazons
  • amazonioof or relating to the Amazons
  • amazónicohaving to do with the Amazon River
  • amazoniohaving to do with the Amazon River

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