Amazonian en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /æməˈzoʊnjən/ (General-American)
- /æməˈzoʊni.ən/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English Amazon Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Amazonian From Amazon + -ian.
Meanings
- Of or relating to the Amazons; aggressive and warlike.
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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:
- Of or relating to the most recent Martian geological time period.
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(figuratively) Of a woman, very tall, strong and athletic.
Women's tennis champions Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams are noted for their Amazonian physiques.
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(figuratively) Requiring 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: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:
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(informal, uncommon) Of 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| amazonian | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more Amazonian | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most Amazonian | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Amazonianist · glamazonian · Amazonian giant centipede
Translations (18)
ru амазо́нский (having to do with the Amazon River) · it amazzonico (having to do with the Amazon River) · ca amazònic (of or relating to the Amazons) · sh amazonski (of or relating to the Amazons) · pt amazónico (of or relating to the Amazons) · es amazonio (having to do with the Amazon River) · fr amazonien (of or relating to the Amazons) · hu amazonasi (having to do with the Amazon River) · it amazzonico (of or relating to the Amazons) · ca amazònic (having to do with the Amazon River) · es amazónico (of or relating to the Amazons) · pt amazônico (having to do with the Amazon River) · pt amazônico (of or relating to the Amazons) · pt amazónico (having to do with the Amazon River) · es amazónico (having to do with the Amazon River) · el αμαζόνιος (of or relating to the Amazons) · es amazonio (of or relating to the Amazons) · el αμαζόνιος (having to do with the Amazon River)