Amazon
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Amazon maist commonly refers tae:
- The Amazons, a legendar naition o female warriors in Greek meethology, frae whilk the name is derived
- The Amazon River in Sooth Americae, the lairgest watter in the warld bi vollum
- Amazon.com, an American online merchan company based in Seattle, Washington
Amazon can forby refer tae:
Geography[eedit | eedit soorce]
- The Amazon Basin, the pairt o Sooth Americae drained bi the Amazon River an its tributaries
- The Amazon rainforest, kent as Amazonia forby, a mochie braidleaf forest in the Amazon Basin
- Amazônia Legal, the pairt o the Amazon jungle whilk is in Brazil
- The Peruvian Amazon, the Amazon jungle in Peruvian territory
- Amazon Creek, a tributar o the Lang Tom River, Eugene, Oregon, Unitit States
Fowk[eedit | eedit soorce]
Amazon is an eponym, derived frae the legend, for ony wumman kemp or athlete, includin:
- Amazon, nom de guerre o a Roman gladiatrix at Halicarnassus
- The Dahomey Amazons, an aw-female regiment o the Kinrick o Dahomey
- Amazon feminism, a brainch o feminism that emphasises female phìsical prowess
- The Amazonian Guard, an aw-female bodyguard unit o Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi
- Amazons, or les Amazones des SDF, the Takembeng female protesters o Cameroon
- The Los Angeles Amazons, a weemen's semi-professional American fitbaa team
Companies[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Amazon.com American multinaitional e-commerce company
- Amazon Beukstore Cooperative, a feminist beukstore in Minneapolis, Minnesota, frae 1970-2012
- Amazone, brand name o Amazonen-Werke, a German manufacturer o agricultural machinery
Airts an entertainment[eedit | eedit soorce]
Beuks[eedit | eedit soorce]
- The Amazon (novella), a short 1866 novel bi Nikolai Leskov
- Swallows an Amazons, a 1930 novel bi Arthur Ransome
- Swallows an Amazons series, series o novelles bi Ransome
- Amazons!, a 1979 anthology o fantasy stories, editit bi Jessica Amanda Salmonson
- Amazons II, a 1982 seicont anthology o fantasy stories, editit bi Jessica Amanda Salmonson
- Amazons (novel), a 1980 novelle co-written bi Don DeLillo
Comics[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Amazon, kent as Man-Killer forby, a Marvel Comics supervillain
- Amazon (Amalgam Comics), an amalgamation o DC's Wonder Weeman an Marvel's Storm
- Amazons (DC Comics), DC Comics warrior weemen characters associated wi Wonder Woman
Film[eedit | eedit soorce]
- The Amazons (1917 film), a 1917 American silent film based on the 1893 play bi Arthur Wing Pinero
- The Amazons, alternate title o Le guerriere dal seno nudo, 1973 film bi Terence Young (director)
- Amazons (1984 film), an American made-for-telly thriller directit bi Paul Michael Glaser
- Amazons (1986 film), an Argentine aventur fantasy
- Amazon (1997 film), a documentary aboot the Amazon basin
- Thor an the Amazon Women (1963 film), directit bi Antonio Leonviola
Gemmes[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Amazon (chess), a fairy chess piece combinin the queen an the knight
- Gemme o the Amazons, a 1988 buird gemme played wi chess queens on a chess buird.
- Amazons (solitaire), a style o solitaire caird play
Computer gemmes[eedit | eedit soorce]
- The Amazon, a playable character in the 1986 video gemme Pro Wrestlin (Nintendo Entertainment Seestem)
- Amazon: Guardians of Eden, a 1992 computer gemme b Access Saftware
- Amazon, a playable character in the 2000 computer gemme Diablo II
Muisic[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Amazon, Inglish title o Amazonka, a 2008 album bi Ukrainian sangster Ruslana
Sculpture[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Amazon statue types, a subject o auncient Greek an Roman sculpture
Televeesion[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Amazon (1999 TV series), an adaptation o a Peter Benchley story
- Amazon (2008 TV series), a documentary aboot the Amazon basin
- Amazon, an upcomin series on the CW Telly Network
Theatre[eedit | eedit soorce]
- The Amazons (play), an 1893 play bi Arthur Wing Pinero
- Amazon Theatre, or Teatro Amazonas, an opera hoose in Manaus, Brazil
Life sciences[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Amazon Lily, a plant native tae Central an Sooth Americae
- Amazon parrots, a lairge genus o parrot frae the Americas
- Amazon Warld Zoo, a zoo on the Isle o Wight, Ingland
Transportation[eedit | eedit soorce]
Laund[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Amazon, a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive run bi the Great Wastren Railway in 1851
- Amazon, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive biggit bi Great Wastern Railway in 1892
- Amazon (automobile), a 1920s Breetish cyclecar
- Volvo Amazon, a car model produced frae 1956–1970
- Amazon, class 47 diesel locomotive no: D1675 (later 47089), uised on Breetish Rail frae Aprile 1965 tae Juin 1987
Sea[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Amazon class frigate, fower classes o frigate o the Breetish Ryal Navy
- Amazon class sloop o the Breetish Ryal Navy
- HMS Amazon, nine ships o the Breetish Ryal Navy
- RMS Amazon, twa ships o the Ryal Mail Steam Packet Company
- RMS Amazon (1851), a paddle steamer that burned an sank on her maiden voyage in 1852
- USS Amazon (1861), a Unitit States Navy bark
- Amazon, a Canadian brigantine launched in 1861, baist kent unner its rechristened name, Mary Celeste
- Amazon (yacht), a Breetish screw schooner, biggit in 1885 as a steam yacht
See also[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Amazonas (disambiguation), for provinces an states named efter the Amazon River
- 1042 Amazone, an asteroid
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