amazon

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

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.

A female warrior.

In some parts of Africa, Asia, and South America, amazon cultures still existed during the Middle Ages, such as that ruled by Queen Nzingha in Angola, who led her amazon army against the Portuguese in a series of wars during the first half of the seventeenth century. In Dahomey also in traditionally gynarchal West Africa, the army was made up of amazons even through the nineteenth century.

A tall, strong, or athletic woman.

A river in South America, that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the Atlantic.

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

Amazon milk frog

In February, a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe in Brazil made brief contact with the outside world before returning to the Amazon rainforest.

Any of the large parrots from the genus Amazona.